WKC vs. CAPL, ACDC, DMLP, SHLS, JKS, SPH, CLMT, GEL, CEPU, and KRP
Should you be buying World Kinect stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of World Kinect include CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL), ProFrac (ACDC), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), Shoals Technologies Group (SHLS), JinkoSolar (JKS), Suburban Propane Partners (SPH), Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT), Genesis Energy (GEL), Central Puerto (CEPU), and Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
World Kinect (NYSE:WKC) and CrossAmerica Partners (NYSE:CAPL) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, World Kinect had 5 more articles in the media than CrossAmerica Partners. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for World Kinect and 2 mentions for CrossAmerica Partners. CrossAmerica Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat World Kinect's score of 0.06 indicating that CrossAmerica Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
97.1% of World Kinect shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.1% of CrossAmerica Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of World Kinect shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.0% of CrossAmerica Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CrossAmerica Partners has a net margin of 0.93% compared to World Kinect's net margin of 0.12%. CrossAmerica Partners' return on equity of 197.82% beat World Kinect's return on equity.
World Kinect presently has a consensus target price of $26.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.78%. Given World Kinect's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe World Kinect is more favorable than CrossAmerica Partners.
World Kinect has higher revenue and earnings than CrossAmerica Partners. CrossAmerica Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than World Kinect, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
World Kinect has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrossAmerica Partners has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
World Kinect pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. CrossAmerica Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. World Kinect pays out 73.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CrossAmerica Partners pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
CrossAmerica Partners received 343 more outperform votes than World Kinect when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.54% of users gave CrossAmerica Partners an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave World Kinect an outperform vote.
Summary
CrossAmerica Partners beats World Kinect on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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