TALO vs. SWN, MTDR, HESM, CHRD, VNOM, MUR, SM, VRN, CPG, and MGY
Should you be buying Talos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Talos Energy include Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), Hess Midstream (HESM), Chord Energy (CHRD), Viper Energy (VNOM), Murphy Oil (MUR), SM Energy (SM), Veren (VRN), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), and Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Talos Energy (NYSE:TALO) and Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
Talos Energy has a net margin of -0.96% compared to Southwestern Energy's net margin of -32.93%. Southwestern Energy's return on equity of 9.00% beat Talos Energy's return on equity.
Talos Energy currently has a consensus target price of $20.94, suggesting a potential upside of 74.33%. Southwestern Energy has a consensus target price of $8.25, suggesting a potential upside of 9.55%. Given Talos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Talos Energy is more favorable than Southwestern Energy.
Talos Energy has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southwestern Energy has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Southwestern Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Talos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Southwestern Energy and 8 mentions for Talos Energy. Talos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Southwestern Energy's score of 0.45 indicating that Talos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
89.4% of Talos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of Southwestern Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Talos Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Southwestern Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Southwestern Energy received 771 more outperform votes than Talos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.28% of users gave Talos Energy an outperform vote while only 57.13% of users gave Southwestern Energy an outperform vote.
Southwestern Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Talos Energy. Southwestern Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Talos Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Talos Energy beats Southwestern Energy on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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