Delek Logistics Partners (DKL) Competitors

NuStar Energy (NYSE:NS) and Delek Logistics Partners (NYSE:DKL) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NS or DKL?

56.4% of NuStar Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.6% of Delek Logistics Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of NuStar Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Delek Logistics Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, NS or DKL?

NuStar Energy has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delek Logistics Partners has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NS or DKL?

NuStar Energy received 45 more outperform votes than Delek Logistics Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.27% of users gave Delek Logistics Partners an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave NuStar Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NuStar Energy	Outperform Votes 376 56.20%	Underperform Votes 293 43.80%
Delek Logistics Partners	Outperform Votes 331 58.27%	Underperform Votes 237 41.73%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NS or DKL?

NuStar Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Delek Logistics Partners. Delek Logistics Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NuStar Energy, 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
NuStar Energy	$1.68B	1.19	$222.75M	$0.79	22.89
Delek Logistics Partners	$1.04B	1.80	$159.05M	$3.60	11.90

Do analysts rate NS or DKL?

NuStar Energy presently has a consensus price target of $18.33, indicating a potential upside of 1.40%. Delek Logistics Partners has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.07%. Given NuStar Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Delek Logistics Partners is more favorable than NuStar Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NuStar Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Delek Logistics Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is NS or DKL a better dividend stock?

NuStar Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Delek Logistics Partners pays an annual dividend of $4.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. NuStar Energy pays out 202.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Delek Logistics Partners pays out 115.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Delek Logistics Partners has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Delek Logistics Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is NS or DKL more profitable?

NuStar Energy has a net margin of 18.78% compared to NuStar Energy's net margin of 14.87%. Delek Logistics Partners' return on equity of 162.85% beat NuStar Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NuStar Energy	18.78%	162.85%	4.97%
Delek Logistics Partners	14.87%	-132.78%	9.35%

Does the media prefer NS or DKL?

In the previous week, NuStar Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Delek Logistics Partners. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for NuStar Energy and 2 mentions for Delek Logistics Partners. NuStar Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Delek Logistics Partners' score of -0.41 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
NuStar Energy	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Delek Logistics Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

NuStar Energy beats Delek Logistics Partners on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.