Contrasting Andatee China Marine Fuel Services (OTCMKTS:AMCF) & Delek US (NYSE:DK)

Andatee China Marine Fuel Services (OTCMKTS:AMCF) and Delek US (NYSE:DK) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.0% of Delek US shares are held by institutional investors. 51.9% of Andatee China Marine Fuel Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Delek US shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Andatee China Marine Fuel Services and Delek US’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Andatee China Marine Fuel Services	N/A	N/A	N/A
Delek US	-7.11%	-79.27%	-6.24%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Andatee China Marine Fuel Services 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
Andatee China Marine Fuel Services	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Delek US	$11.85 billion	0.14	-$560.40 million	($12.29)	-2.26

Andatee China Marine Fuel Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Delek US.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Andatee China Marine Fuel Services and Delek US, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Andatee China Marine Fuel Services	0	0	0	0	0.00
Delek US	5	7	2	0	1.79

Delek US has a consensus price target of $20.35, suggesting a potential downside of 26.67%. Given Andatee China Marine Fuel Services’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Andatee China Marine Fuel Services is more favorable than Delek US.

Summary

Andatee China Marine Fuel Services beats Delek US on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Andatee China Marine Fuel Services

Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the production, storage, distribution, and trading of blended marine fuel oil for cargo and fishing vessels in the People’s Republic of China. The company also produces customer specific products using its proprietary blending technology. It sells its products through distributors, as well as to retail customers in Liaoning, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Guangdong, and Zhejiang Provinces. The company is based in Dalian, the People’s Republic of China.

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.