Analyzing Delek US (NYSE:DK) & NuVista Energy (OTCMKTS:NUVSF)

NuVista Energy (OTCMKTS:NUVSF) and Delek US (NYSE:DK) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for NuVista Energy and Delek US, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NuVista Energy	1	1	0	0	1.50
Delek US	1	7	6	1	2.47

Delek US has a consensus price target of $53.15, suggesting a potential downside of 28.10%. Given Delek US’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Delek US is more favorable than NuVista Energy.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

97.0% of Delek US shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Delek US shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares NuVista Energy and Delek US”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NuVista Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Delek US	$10.72 billion	0.42	-$22.80 million	$3.56	20.77

NuVista Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Delek US.

Profitability

This table compares NuVista Energy and Delek US’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NuVista Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Delek US	1.86%	109.03%	6.44%

Summary

Delek US beats NuVista Energy on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NuVista Energy

NuVista Energy Ltd., together with its subsidiary, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas reserves in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. The company is involved in the development, delineation, and production of condensate, natural gas liquids, and natural gas reserves. It primarily focuses on the condensate rich Montney formation in the Pipestone and Wapiti areas of the Alberta Deep Basin. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

About Delek US

Delek US Holdings, Inc. engages in the integrated downstream energy business in the United States. The company operates through Refining, Logistics, and Retail segments. The Refining segment processes crude oil and other feedstock for the manufacture of various grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel, asphalt, and other petroleum-based products that are distributed through owned and third-party product terminal. It owns and operates refineries located in Tyler, Texas; El Dorado, Arkansas; Big Spring, Texas; and Krotz Springs, Louisiana, as well as biodiesel facilities in Crossett, Arkansas, Cleburne, Texas, and New Albany, Mississippi. The Logistics segment gathers, transports, and stores crude oil, intermediate, and refined products; and markets, distributes, transports, and stores refined products, as well as disposes and recycles water for third parties. It owns or leases crude oil transportation pipelines, refined product pipelines, crude oil gathering systems, and associated crude oil storage tanks; and owns and operates light product distribution terminals, as well as markets light products using third-party terminals. The Retail segment owns and leases convenience store sites located primarily in West Texas and New Mexico. Its convenience stores offer various grades of gasoline and diesel under the DK or Alon brand; and food products and service, tobacco products, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, and general merchandise, as well as money orders to the public primarily under the 7-Eleven and DK or Alon brand names. It serves oil companies, independent refiners and marketers, jobbers, distributors, utility and transportation companies, government, and independent retail fuel operators. Delek US Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.