ISRL vs. WTI, PHX, COP, EOG, PXD, FANG, DVN, EQT, MRO, and RRC
Should you be buying Isramco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Isramco include W&T Offshore (WTI), PHX Minerals (PHX), ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), and Range Resources (RRC). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
Isramco (NASDAQ:ISRL) and W&T Offshore (NYSE:WTI) are both small-cap unclassified companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
W&T Offshore has a consensus target price of $7.80, suggesting a potential upside of 249.78%. Given W&T Offshore's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe W&T Offshore is more favorable than Isramco.
W&T Offshore has higher revenue and earnings than Isramco.
In the previous week, W&T Offshore had 6 more articles in the media than Isramco. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for W&T Offshore and 1 mentions for Isramco. Isramco's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat W&T Offshore's score of -0.24 indicating that Isramco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
80.8% of Isramco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.3% of Isramco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
W&T Offshore received 113 more outperform votes than Isramco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.80% of users gave Isramco an outperform vote while only 53.92% of users gave W&T Offshore an outperform vote.
Isramco has a beta of -0.01, meaning that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W&T Offshore has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Isramco has a net margin of 0.00% compared to W&T Offshore's net margin of -4.04%. Isramco's return on equity of 0.00% beat W&T Offshore's return on equity.
Summary
Isramco beats W&T Offshore on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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