PARR vs. SM, CPG, VRN, MGY, VIST, SSL, ERF, NOG, CNX, and BSM
Should you be buying Par Pacific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Par Pacific include SM Energy (SM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Veren (VRN), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Vista Energy (VIST), Sasol (SSL), Enerplus (ERF), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), CNX Resources (CNX), and Black Stone Minerals (BSM). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
SM Energy (NYSE:SM) and Par Pacific (NYSE:PARR) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, SM Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Par Pacific. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for SM Energy and 1 mentions for Par Pacific. SM Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Par Pacific's score of 0.82 indicating that Par Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SM Energy has a net margin of 31.80% compared to SM Energy's net margin of 5.71%. SM Energy's return on equity of 35.02% beat Par Pacific's return on equity.
SM Energy received 790 more outperform votes than Par Pacific when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.72% of users gave SM Energy an outperform vote while only 28.77% of users gave Par Pacific an outperform vote.
SM Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Par Pacific. Par Pacific is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SM Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SM Energy currently has a consensus price target of $54.57, suggesting a potential upside of 8.21%. Par Pacific has a consensus price target of $39.25, suggesting a potential upside of 44.62%. Given SM Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Par Pacific is more favorable than SM Energy.
94.6% of SM Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Par Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of SM Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Par Pacific shares are owned by 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.
SM Energy has a beta of 4.21, meaning that its share price is 321% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Par Pacific has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SM Energy beats Par Pacific on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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