GEL vs. MPLX, AAL, TFII, GXO, SOBO, CUK, OMAB, VRRM, GBTG, and SNDR
Should you be buying Genesis Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genesis Energy include MPLX (MPLX), American Airlines Group (AAL), TFI International (TFII), GXO Logistics (GXO), South Bow (SOBO), Carnival (CUK), Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMAB), Verra Mobility (VRRM), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), and Schneider National (SNDR). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Genesis Energy vs. Its Competitors
Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) and Genesis Energy (NYSE:GEL) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
24.3% of Mplx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.8% of Genesis Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Genesis Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Mplx has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genesis Energy has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mplx pays an annual dividend of $3.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Genesis Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Mplx pays out 91.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Genesis Energy pays out -13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mplx has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years and Genesis Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Mplx is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Mplx had 7 more articles in the media than Genesis Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Mplx and 1 mentions for Genesis Energy. Genesis Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Mplx's score of 0.86 indicating that Genesis Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mplx currently has a consensus price target of $55.89, suggesting a potential upside of 13.86%. Genesis Energy has a consensus price target of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.91%. Given Genesis Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Genesis Energy is more favorable than Mplx.
Mplx has higher revenue and earnings than Genesis Energy. Genesis Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mplx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mplx has a net margin of 35.44% compared to Genesis Energy's net margin of -24.19%. Mplx's return on equity of 30.95% beat Genesis Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Mplx beats Genesis Energy on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:GEL) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
