Covenant Logistics Group (CVLG) Competitors

Covenant Logistics Group (NYSE:CVLG) and Delek Logistics Partners (NYSE:DKL) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CVLG or DKL?

83.7% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of Delek Logistics Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 35.1% of Covenant Logistics Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Delek Logistics Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CVLG or DKL more profitable?

Delek Logistics Partners has a net margin of 16.58% compared to Covenant Logistics Group's net margin of 3.18%. Delek Logistics Partners' return on equity of 1,224.47% beat Covenant Logistics Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Covenant Logistics Group	3.18%	11.63%	5.04%
Delek Logistics Partners	16.58%	1,224.47%	6.67%

Do analysts rate CVLG or DKL?

Covenant Logistics Group currently has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.79%. Delek Logistics Partners has a consensus price target of $44.25, indicating a potential upside of 0.39%. Given Covenant Logistics Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Covenant Logistics Group is more favorable than Delek Logistics Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Covenant Logistics Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Delek Logistics Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CVLG or DKL?

Delek Logistics Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Covenant Logistics Group. Delek Logistics Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Covenant Logistics Group, 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
Covenant Logistics Group	$1.13B	0.51	$35.92M	$1.31	17.52
Delek Logistics Partners	$920.21M	2.56	$142.68M	$2.95	14.94

Is CVLG or DKL a better dividend stock?

Covenant Logistics Group pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Delek Logistics Partners pays an annual dividend of $4.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Covenant Logistics Group pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Delek Logistics Partners pays out 151.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Covenant Logistics Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Delek Logistics Partners has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility and risk, CVLG or DKL?

Covenant Logistics Group has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delek Logistics Partners has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CVLG or DKL?

In the previous week, Covenant Logistics Group had 3 more articles in the media than Delek Logistics Partners. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Covenant Logistics Group and 2 mentions for Delek Logistics Partners. Delek Logistics Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Covenant Logistics Group's score of 1.22 indicating that Delek Logistics Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Covenant Logistics Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Delek Logistics Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Covenant Logistics Group beats Delek Logistics Partners on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.