Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) & Dorian LPG (NYSE:LPG) Head to Head Contrast

Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) and Dorian LPG (NYSE:LPG) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

21.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of Dorian LPG shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Excelerate Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Dorian LPG shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Excelerate Energy and Dorian LPG, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Excelerate Energy	0	5	5	3	2.85
Dorian LPG	0	1	3	1	3.00

Excelerate Energy currently has a consensus target price of $44.56, suggesting a potential upside of 36.36%. Dorian LPG has a consensus target price of $55.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.40%. Given Excelerate Energy’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Excelerate Energy is more favorable than Dorian LPG.

Dividends

Excelerate Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Dorian LPG pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Excelerate Energy pays out 24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dorian LPG pays out 13.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Excelerate Energy has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Dorian LPG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Excelerate Energy and Dorian LPG’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Excelerate Energy	3.23%	2.24%	1.22%
Dorian LPG	55.00%	25.69%	15.87%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Excelerate Energy and Dorian LPG”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Excelerate Energy	$1.23 billion	3.02	$39.20 million	$1.45	22.53
Dorian LPG	$585.18 million	3.81	$193.67 million	$7.55	6.91

Dorian LPG has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Excelerate Energy. Dorian LPG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Excelerate Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Excelerate Energy has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dorian LPG has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dorian LPG beats Excelerate Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Excelerate Energy

Excelerate Energy, Inc. provides flexible liquefied natural gas (LNG) solutions worldwide. The company offers regasification services, including floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs), infrastructure development, and LNG and natural gas supply, procurement, and distribution services; LNG terminal services; and natural gas supply to-power projects. Excelerate Energy, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas. Excelerate Energy, Inc. is a subsidiary of Excelerate Energy Holdings, LLC.

About Dorian LPG

Dorian LPG Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas through its LPG tankers worldwide. It owns and operates twenty-five very large gas carriers. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.