Delek US (DK) Competitors

Delek US (NYSE:DK) and PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DK or PBF?

Delek US received 163 more outperform votes than PBF Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.02% of users gave Delek US an outperform vote while only 55.12% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Delek US	Outperform Votes 626 60.02%	Underperform Votes 417 39.98%
PBF Energy	Outperform Votes 463 55.12%	Underperform Votes 377 44.88%

Do analysts rate DK or PBF?

Delek US currently has a consensus target price of $17.10, indicating a potential downside of 6.32%. PBF Energy has a consensus target price of $22.91, indicating a potential upside of 11.04%. Given PBF Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PBF Energy is more favorable than Delek US.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Delek US	4 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83
PBF Energy	6 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.64

Is DK or PBF more profitable?

PBF Energy has a net margin of -1.61% compared to Delek US's net margin of -2.27%. PBF Energy's return on equity of -7.40% beat Delek US's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Delek US	-2.27%	-28.21%	-3.84%
PBF Energy	-1.61%	-7.40%	-3.40%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in DK or PBF?

97.0% of Delek US shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of PBF Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Delek US shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of PBF Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DK or PBF a better dividend stock?

Delek US pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Delek US pays out -9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PBF Energy pays out -12.1% 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 and PBF Energy has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DK or PBF?

Delek US has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PBF Energy. PBF Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Delek US, 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	$11.37B	0.10	$19.80M	-$11.11	-1.64
PBF Energy	$31.54B	0.08	-$533.80M	-$9.10	-2.27

Which has more risk and volatility, DK or PBF?

Delek US has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PBF Energy has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to DK or PBF?

In the previous week, Delek US and Delek US both had 14 articles in the media. PBF Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Delek US's score of 1.07 indicating that PBF Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Delek US	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PBF Energy	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

PBF Energy beats Delek US on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.