BW LPG (BWLP) Competitors

BW LPG (NYSE:BWLP) and South Bow (NYSE:SOBO) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Does the media favor BWLP or SOBO?

In the previous week, BW LPG had 1 more articles in the media than South Bow. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BW LPG and 3 mentions for South Bow. South Bow's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat BW LPG's score of 0.11 indicating that South Bow is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BW LPG	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
South Bow	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BWLP or SOBO?

South Bow received 4 more outperform votes than BW LPG when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave BW LPG an outperform vote while only 29.41% of users gave South Bow an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BW LPG	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
South Bow	Outperform Votes 5 29.41%	Underperform Votes 12 70.59%

Is BWLP or SOBO a better dividend stock?

BW LPG pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. South Bow pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. BW LPG pays out 59.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. South Bow pays out 108.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BW LPG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate BWLP or SOBO?

South Bow has a consensus price target of $28.60, suggesting a potential upside of 5.73%. Given South Bow's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe South Bow is more favorable than BW LPG.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BW LPG	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
South Bow	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BWLP or SOBO?

South Bow has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BW LPG. BW LPG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South Bow, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BW LPG	$3.39B	0.46	$248.84M	$1.89	6.32
South Bow	$2.07B	2.72	$385.21M	$1.85	14.62

Is BWLP or SOBO more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BW LPG	N/A	N/A	N/A
South Bow	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

BW LPG and South Bow tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.