SPH vs. JKS, CLMT, ACDC, PFHC, NRP, DMLP, AMRC, SHLS, ENVX, and REX
Should you be buying Suburban Propane Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Suburban Propane Partners include JinkoSolar (JKS), Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT), ProFrac (ACDC), ProFrac (PFHC), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), Ameresco (AMRC), Shoals Technologies Group (SHLS), Enovix (ENVX), and REX American Resources (REX). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH) and JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
JinkoSolar has higher revenue and earnings than Suburban Propane Partners. JinkoSolar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Suburban Propane Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Suburban Propane Partners received 29 more outperform votes than JinkoSolar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.28% of users gave Suburban Propane Partners an outperform vote while only 56.03% of users gave JinkoSolar an outperform vote.
Suburban Propane Partners has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JinkoSolar has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Suburban Propane Partners currently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential downside of 13.66%. JinkoSolar has a consensus target price of $26.60, suggesting a potential upside of 10.19%. Given JinkoSolar's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe JinkoSolar is more favorable than Suburban Propane Partners.
Suburban Propane Partners has a net margin of 7.36% compared to JinkoSolar's net margin of 2.89%. Suburban Propane Partners' return on equity of 17.97% beat JinkoSolar's return on equity.
In the previous week, JinkoSolar had 5 more articles in the media than Suburban Propane Partners. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for JinkoSolar and 7 mentions for Suburban Propane Partners. Suburban Propane Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat JinkoSolar's score of 0.17 indicating that Suburban Propane Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Suburban Propane Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. JinkoSolar pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Suburban Propane Partners pays out 81.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JinkoSolar pays out 18.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
30.9% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of JinkoSolar shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of JinkoSolar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Suburban Propane Partners beats JinkoSolar on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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