Critical Review: Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock (NASDAQ:BSIN) vs. Delek Logistics Partners (NYSE:DKL)

Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock (NASDAQ:BSIN) and Delek Logistics Partners (NYSE:DKL) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock and Delek Logistics Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock	-156.23%	-34.42%	-21.65%
Delek Logistics Partners	12.85%	-935.80%	5.45%

Volatility & Risk

Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Delek Logistics Partners has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock and Delek Logistics Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock	1	1	2	0	2.25
Delek Logistics Partners	0	5	2	0	2.29

Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock currently has a consensus price target of $2.75, indicating a potential upside of 88.36%. Delek Logistics Partners has a consensus price target of $55.60, indicating a potential downside of 1.50%. Given Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock is more favorable than Delek Logistics Partners.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

3.0% of Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Delek Logistics Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.3% of Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Delek Logistics Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock and Delek Logistics Partners”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock	$7.35 million	10.43	-$14.37 million	($0.28)	-5.21
Delek Logistics Partners	$1.01 billion	3.19	$176.46 million	$2.87	19.67

Delek Logistics Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock. Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock 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.

Summary

Delek Logistics Partners beats Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Big Sky Industrial Inc. Common Stock

U.S. Energy Corp., an independent energy company, focuses on the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and natural gas properties in the United States. It holds interests in various oil and gas properties located in the Rockies region, including Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota; the Mid-Continent region comprising Oklahoma, Kansas, and North and East Texas; West Texas; South Texas; and the Gulf Coast regions. The company was incorporated in 1966 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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.