BP (NYSE:BP) & Dynagas LNG Partners (NYSE:DLNG) Head-To-Head Survey

BP (NYSE:BP) and Dynagas LNG Partners (NYSE:DLNG) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

11.0% of BP shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BP shares are owned by company 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for BP and Dynagas LNG Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BP	3	8	12	2	2.52
Dynagas LNG Partners	0	1	0	0	2.00

BP currently has a consensus price target of $46.59, suggesting a potential upside of 3.25%. Given BP’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe BP is more favorable than Dynagas LNG Partners.

Risk and Volatility

BP has a beta of 0.17, meaning that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynagas LNG Partners has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares BP and Dynagas LNG Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BP	1.62%	12.06%	3.25%
Dynagas LNG Partners	41.60%	13.59%	6.68%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares BP and Dynagas LNG Partners”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BP	$192.55 billion	0.61	$55.00 million	$1.20	37.60
Dynagas LNG Partners	$156.62 million	0.85	$61.60 million	$1.52	2.40

Dynagas LNG Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BP. Dynagas LNG Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

BP pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Dynagas LNG Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. BP pays out 165.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Dynagas LNG Partners pays out 13.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dynagas LNG Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Dynagas LNG Partners beats BP on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BP

BP p.l.c. provides carbon products and services. The company operates through Gas & Low Carbon Energy, Oil Production & Operations, and Customers & Products segments. It engages in the production of natural gas, and integrated gas and power; trading of gas; operation of onshore and offshore wind power, as well as hydrogen and carbon capture and storage facilities; trading and marketing of renewable and non-renewable power; and production of crude oil. In addition, the company involved in convenience and retail fuel, EV charging, Castrol lubricant, aviation, B2B, and midstream businesses; refining and oil trading; and bioenergy business. The company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

About Dynagas LNG Partners

Dynagas LNG Partners LP, through its subsidiaries, operates in the seaborne transportation industry in Greece and internationally. The company owns and operates liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. Its fleet consists of six LNG carriers with an aggregate carrying capacity of approximately 914,000 cubic meters. Dynagas GP LLC serves as the general partner of Dynagas LNG Partners LP. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Athens, Greece.