BRY vs. SBOW, EGY, SD, WTI, PHX, QEP, KRP, ESTE, VIST, and COP
Should you be buying Berry stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berry include SilverBow Resources (SBOW), VAALCO Energy (EGY), SandRidge Energy (SD), W&T Offshore (WTI), PHX Minerals (PHX), QEP Resources (QEP), Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP), Earthstone Energy (ESTE), Vista Energy (VIST), and ConocoPhillips (COP). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
SilverBow Resources (NYSE:SBOW) and Berry (NASDAQ:BRY) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
SilverBow Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Berry. SilverBow Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Berry, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SilverBow Resources has a net margin of 24.41% compared to SilverBow Resources' net margin of 0.41%. Berry's return on equity of 16.48% beat SilverBow Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Berry had 1 more articles in the media than SilverBow Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Berry and 2 mentions for SilverBow Resources. Berry's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat SilverBow Resources' score of 0.31 indicating that SilverBow Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Berry received 5 more outperform votes than SilverBow Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.82% of users gave SilverBow Resources an outperform vote while only 55.94% of users gave Berry an outperform vote.
91.8% of SilverBow Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Berry shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of SilverBow Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Berry shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
SilverBow Resources has a beta of 2.52, suggesting that its stock price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berry has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SilverBow Resources currently has a consensus target price of $45.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.65%. Berry has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.78%. Given Berry's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SilverBow Resources is more favorable than Berry.
Summary
SilverBow Resources beats Berry on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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