Delek US (DK) Competitors

Delek US (NYSE:DK) and APA (NASDAQ:APA) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DK or APA?

97.0% of Delek US shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Delek US shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of APA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer DK or APA?

Delek US presently has a consensus target price of $20.35, indicating a potential downside of 17.00%. APA has a consensus target price of $23.94, indicating a potential upside of 10.65%. Given APA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe APA is more favorable than Delek US.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Delek US	5 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.79
APA	3 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is DK or APA a better dividend stock?

Delek US pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Delek US pays out -8.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. APA pays out 33.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Delek US has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DK or APA?

APA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Delek US. Delek US is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than APA, 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
Delek US	$11.85B	0.12	-$560.40M	-$12.29	-2.00
APA	$9.74B	0.80	$804M	$2.99	7.24

Does the media favor DK or APA?

In the previous week, APA had 28 more articles in the media than Delek US. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for APA and 10 mentions for Delek US. Delek US's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat APA's score of 0.77 indicating that Delek US is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Delek US	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
APA	20 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DK or APA more profitable?

APA has a net margin of 10.53% compared to Delek US's net margin of -7.11%. APA's return on equity of 20.98% beat Delek US's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Delek US	-7.11%	-79.27%	-6.24%
APA	10.53%	20.98%	7.21%

Which has more volatility & risk, DK or APA?

Delek US has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, APA has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

APA beats Delek US on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.