BW LPG (BWLP) Competitors

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

Is SOBO or BWLP a better dividend stock?

South Bow pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. BW LPG pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.9%. 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 pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BW LPG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate SOBO or BWLP?

South Bow presently has a consensus price target of $26.25, indicating a potential upside of 2.78%. Given South Bow's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe South Bow is more favorable than BW LPG.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SOBO or BWLP?

South Bow received 3 more outperform votes than BW LPG when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave BW LPG an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave South Bow an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
South Bow	Outperform Votes 4 25.00%	Underperform Votes 12 75.00%
BW LPG	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media refer more to SOBO or BWLP?

In the previous week, South Bow had 21 more articles in the media than BW LPG. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for South Bow and 6 mentions for BW LPG. BW LPG's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat South Bow's score of 0.52 indicating that BW LPG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
South Bow	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BW LPG	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SOBO or BWLP more profitable?

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SOBO or BWLP?

South Bow has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
South Bow	$2.12B	2.51	$385.21M	$1.85	13.81
BW LPG	$3.60B	0.39	$350.22M	$2.66	3.96

Summary

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