Valvoline (VVV) Competitors

Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) and YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer VVV or YPF?

Valvoline currently has a consensus price target of $42.54, indicating a potential upside of 16.24%. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a consensus price target of $41.30, indicating a potential upside of 13.83%. Given Valvoline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Valvoline is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anónima.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Valvoline	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79
YPF Sociedad Anónima	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, VVV or YPF?

Valvoline has higher earnings, but lower revenue than YPF Sociedad Anónima. YPF Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valvoline, 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
Valvoline	$1.67B	2.78	$211.50M	$2.06	17.77
YPF Sociedad Anónima	$19.45B	0.73	-$1.31B	$4.29	8.46

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VVV or YPF?

YPF Sociedad Anónima received 153 more outperform votes than Valvoline when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.48% of users gave YPF Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 58.20% of users gave Valvoline an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Valvoline	Outperform Votes 316 58.20%	Underperform Votes 227 41.80%
YPF Sociedad Anónima	Outperform Votes 469 67.48%	Underperform Votes 226 32.52%

Is VVV or YPF a better dividend stock?

Valvoline pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $0.1380 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Valvoline pays out 5.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays out 3.2% 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. YPF Sociedad Anónima is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, VVV or YPF?

Valvoline has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in VVV or YPF?

96.1% of Valvoline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Valvoline shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor VVV or YPF?

In the previous week, Valvoline had 1 more articles in the media than YPF Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Valvoline and 5 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima. Valvoline's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.55 indicating that Valvoline is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Valvoline	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
YPF Sociedad Anónima	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is VVV or YPF more profitable?

Valvoline has a net margin of 16.34% compared to YPF Sociedad Anónima's net margin of 4.15%. Valvoline's return on equity of 143.64% beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Valvoline	16.34%	143.64%	8.42%
YPF Sociedad Anónima	4.15%	32.76%	12.67%

Summary

Valvoline beats YPF Sociedad Anónima on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.