VAALCO Energy (EGY) Competitors

VAALCO Energy (NYSE:EGY) and SilverBow Resources (NYSE:SBOW) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EGY or SBOW?

VAALCO Energy received 2 more outperform votes than SilverBow Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.82% of users gave SilverBow Resources an outperform vote while only 60.24% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VAALCO Energy	Outperform Votes 256 60.24%	Underperform Votes 169 39.76%
SilverBow Resources	Outperform Votes 254 63.82%	Underperform Votes 144 36.18%

Do analysts prefer EGY or SBOW?

SilverBow Resources has a consensus price target of $45.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.65%. Given SilverBow Resources' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SilverBow Resources is more favorable than VAALCO Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VAALCO Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
SilverBow Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EGY or SBOW?

50.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of SilverBow Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of SilverBow Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor EGY or SBOW?

In the previous week, VAALCO Energy had 5 more articles in the media than SilverBow Resources. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for VAALCO Energy and 2 mentions for SilverBow Resources. SilverBow Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat VAALCO Energy's score of 0.65 indicating that SilverBow Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VAALCO Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SilverBow Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EGY or SBOW?

SilverBow Resources has higher revenue and earnings than VAALCO Energy. SilverBow Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VAALCO Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
VAALCO Energy	$474.82M	1.39	$60.35M	$0.60	10.63
SilverBow Resources	$652.36M	1.53	$297.72M	$7.40	5.30

Which has more volatility & risk, EGY or SBOW?

VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SilverBow Resources has a beta of 2.52, indicating that its stock price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EGY or SBOW more profitable?

SilverBow Resources has a net margin of 24.41% compared to VAALCO Energy's net margin of 13.60%. SilverBow Resources' return on equity of 16.48% beat VAALCO Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VAALCO Energy	13.60%	14.04%	7.89%
SilverBow Resources	24.41%	16.48%	7.66%

Summary

SilverBow Resources beats VAALCO Energy on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.