South Bow (SOBO) Competitors

Viking (NYSE:VIK) and South Bow (NYSE:SOBO) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, VIK or SOBO?

South Bow has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Viking. South Bow is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viking, 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
Viking	$5.33B	3.56	-$1.86B	$0.26	169.45
South Bow	$2.12B	2.52	$385.21M	$1.85	13.86

Is VIK or SOBO more profitable?

South Bow has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Viking's net margin of -10.97%.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Viking	-10.97%	N/A	-1.53%
South Bow	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VIK or SOBO?

Viking received 21 more outperform votes than South Bow when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.90% of users gave Viking an outperform vote while only 29.41% of users gave South Bow an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Viking	Outperform Votes 26 61.90%	Underperform Votes 16 38.10%
South Bow	Outperform Votes 5 29.41%	Underperform Votes 12 70.59%

Do analysts prefer VIK or SOBO?

Viking presently has a consensus target price of $46.89, indicating a potential upside of 6.43%. South Bow has a consensus target price of $28.60, indicating a potential upside of 11.54%. Given South Bow's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe South Bow is more favorable than Viking.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Viking	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.72
South Bow	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of VIK or SOBO?

98.8% of Viking shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer VIK or SOBO?

In the previous week, Viking had 26 more articles in the media than South Bow. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Viking and 25 mentions for South Bow. South Bow's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Viking's score of 0.64 indicating that South Bow is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Viking	20 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
South Bow	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Viking beats South Bow on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.