ERF vs. NOG, VIST, CNX, SSL, BSM, CRC, CRK, KOS, CPG, and MGY
Should you be buying Enerplus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerplus include Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Vista Energy (VIST), CNX Resources (CNX), Sasol (SSL), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), California Resources (CRC), Comstock Resources (CRK), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), and Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Northern Oil and Gas (NYSE:NOG) and Enerplus (NYSE:ERF) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
98.8% of Northern Oil and Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Enerplus shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Northern Oil and Gas shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Enerplus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Northern Oil and Gas presently has a consensus target price of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.97%. Enerplus has a consensus target price of $21.87, suggesting a potential upside of 9.35%. Given Enerplus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Northern Oil and Gas is more favorable than Enerplus.
Enerplus received 467 more outperform votes than Northern Oil and Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.77% of users gave Enerplus an outperform vote while only 34.94% of users gave Northern Oil and Gas an outperform vote.
Northern Oil and Gas has higher revenue and earnings than Enerplus. Northern Oil and Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enerplus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northern Oil and Gas pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Enerplus pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Northern Oil and Gas pays out 25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enerplus pays out 14.4% 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. Northern Oil and Gas has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Enerplus has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Northern Oil and Gas is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Northern Oil and Gas has a net margin of 30.01% compared to Northern Oil and Gas' net margin of 24.09%. Enerplus' return on equity of 34.06% beat Northern Oil and Gas' return on equity.
In the previous week, Enerplus had 5 more articles in the media than Northern Oil and Gas. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Enerplus and 6 mentions for Northern Oil and Gas. Enerplus' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Northern Oil and Gas' score of 0.49 indicating that Northern Oil and Gas is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Northern Oil and Gas has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enerplus has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Northern Oil and Gas beats Enerplus on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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