Head-To-Head Comparison: Delek Logistics Partners (NYSE:DKL) and China Coal Energy (OTCMKTS:CCOZY)

China Coal Energy (OTCMKTS:CCOZY) and Delek Logistics Partners (NYSE:DKL) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

11.7% of Delek Logistics Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Delek Logistics Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

China Coal Energy has a beta of -0.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delek Logistics Partners has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares China Coal Energy and Delek Logistics Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China Coal Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Delek Logistics Partners	12.85%	-935.80%	5.45%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares China Coal Energy and Delek Logistics Partners”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
China Coal Energy	$20.59 billion	0.94	$2.02 billion	$3.98	7.33
Delek Logistics Partners	$1.20 billion	2.62	$176.46 million	$2.87	19.11

China Coal Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Delek Logistics Partners. China Coal Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Delek Logistics Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for China Coal Energy and Delek Logistics Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
China Coal Energy	0	1	0	0	2.00
Delek Logistics Partners	0	6	1	0	2.14

Delek Logistics Partners has a consensus target price of $55.60, suggesting a potential upside of 1.36%. Given Delek Logistics Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Delek Logistics Partners is more favorable than China Coal Energy.

Dividends

China Coal Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Delek Logistics Partners pays an annual dividend of $4.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. China Coal Energy pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Delek Logistics Partners pays out 158.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Delek Logistics Partners has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Delek Logistics Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Delek Logistics Partners beats China Coal Energy on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About China Coal Energy

China Coal Energy Company Limited primarily engages in the coal production and trading and coal chemical businesses in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company offers polyolefin, methanol, urea, and other coal chemical products. It is also involved in the coal mining equipment manufacturing, pithead power generation, and other activities. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China. China Coal Energy Company Limited operates as a subsidiary of China National Coal Group Co., Ltd.

About Delek Logistics Partners

Delek Logistics Partners, LP provides gathering, pipeline, transportation, and other services for crude oil, intermediates, refined products, natural gas, storage, wholesale marketing, terminalling water disposal and recycling customers in the United States. The Gathering and Processing segment consists of pipelines, tanks, and offloading facilities that provide crude oil and natural gas gathering and processing, water disposal and recycling, and storage services, as well as crude oil transportation services to third parties. The Wholesale Marketing and Terminalling segment includes refined products terminals and pipelines in Texas, Tennessee, and Arkansas. This segment provides marketing services for the refined products and terminalling services at refined products terminals to independent third parties. The Storage and Transportation segment comprises tanks, offloading facilities, trucks, and ancillary assets, which provide crude oil, intermediate, and refined products transportation and storage services. Delek Logistics GP, LLC serves as the general partner of the company. Delek Logistics Partners, LP was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. Delek Logistics Partners, LP operates as a subsidiary of Delek US Holdings, Inc.