MPLX vs. CSX, RYAAY, VIK, DINO, VRRM, HAFN, GBTG, INSW, CAAP, and UP
Should you be buying Mplx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mplx include CSX (CSX), Ryanair (RYAAY), Viking (VIK), HF Sinclair (DINO), Verra Mobility (VRRM), Hafnia (HAFN), Global Business Travel Group (GBTG), International Seaways (INSW), Corporación América Airports (CAAP), and Wheels Up Experience (UP). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Mplx (NYSE:MPLX) and CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.
24.3% of Mplx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of CSX shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of CSX 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.
Mplx presently has a consensus price target of $45.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.22%. CSX has a consensus price target of $38.14, indicating a potential upside of 11.14%. Given CSX's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CSX is more favorable than Mplx.
Mplx pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Mplx pays out 87.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CSX pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Mplx has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSX has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Mplx had 3 more articles in the media than CSX. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Mplx and 10 mentions for CSX. Mplx's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat CSX's score of 0.23 indicating that Mplx is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mplx received 63 more outperform votes than CSX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.43% of users gave Mplx an outperform vote while only 62.29% of users gave CSX an outperform vote.
Mplx has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CSX. Mplx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mplx has a net margin of 34.96% compared to CSX's net margin of 24.75%. Mplx's return on equity of 31.70% beat CSX's return on equity.
Summary
Mplx beats CSX on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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