CPG vs. MGY, SM, SSL, VIST, ERF, VNOM, NOG, MUR, CNX, and BSM
Should you be buying Crescent Point Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crescent Point Energy include Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), SM Energy (SM), Sasol (SSL), Vista Energy (VIST), Enerplus (ERF), Viper Energy (VNOM), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Murphy Oil (MUR), CNX Resources (CNX), and Black Stone Minerals (BSM). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Crescent Point Energy (NYSE:CPG) and Magnolia Oil & Gas (NYSE:MGY) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
49.4% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Magnolia Oil & Gas 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.
Crescent Point Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Magnolia Oil & Gas. Crescent Point Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Magnolia Oil & Gas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Magnolia Oil & Gas has a net margin of 30.46% compared to Crescent Point Energy's net margin of -1.95%. Magnolia Oil & Gas' return on equity of 20.41% beat Crescent Point Energy's return on equity.
Crescent Point Energy currently has a consensus price target of $13.81, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Magnolia Oil & Gas has a consensus price target of $27.88, indicating a potential upside of 9.40%. Given Crescent Point Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Crescent Point Energy is more favorable than Magnolia Oil & Gas.
Crescent Point Energy received 109 more outperform votes than Magnolia Oil & Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.69% of users gave Magnolia Oil & Gas an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave Crescent Point Energy an outperform vote.
Crescent Point Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share. Magnolia Oil & Gas pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Crescent Point Energy pays out -424.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Magnolia Oil & Gas pays out 25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Crescent Point Energy has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magnolia Oil & Gas has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Magnolia Oil & Gas had 2 more articles in the media than Crescent Point Energy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Magnolia Oil & Gas and 12 mentions for Crescent Point Energy. Magnolia Oil & Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Crescent Point Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Magnolia Oil & Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Magnolia Oil & Gas beats Crescent Point Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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