DK vs. PBF, CVI, GPRE, REX, CLNE, GEVO, PSX, MPC, VLO, and CLMT
Should you be buying Delek US stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Delek US include PBF Energy (PBF), CVR Energy (CVI), Green Plains (GPRE), REX American Resources (REX), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Gevo (GEVO), Phillips 66 (PSX), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Valero Energy (VLO), and Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT).
Delek US (NYSE:DK) and PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.
97.0% of Delek US shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Delek US shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of PBF Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Delek US received 164 more outperform votes than PBF Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.60% of users gave Delek US an outperform vote while only 57.36% of users gave PBF Energy an outperform vote.
Delek US pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. PBF Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Delek US pays out -80.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PBF Energy pays out 6.9% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Delek US presently has a consensus target price of $25.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.47%. PBF Energy has a consensus target price of $54.30, indicating a potential upside of 34.21%. Given PBF Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PBF Energy is more favorable than Delek US.
PBF Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Delek US. Delek US is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PBF Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PBF Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Delek US. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for PBF Energy and 9 mentions for Delek US. PBF Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Delek US's score of 0.57 indicating that PBF Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PBF Energy has a net margin of 4.95% compared to Delek US's net margin of -0.48%. PBF Energy's return on equity of 18.47% beat Delek US's return on equity.
Delek US has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PBF Energy has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PBF Energy beats Delek US on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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