GPRK vs. SD, TTI, TXO, BRY, SOC, REPX, GFR, EGY, DEC, and WTI
Should you be buying GeoPark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GeoPark include SandRidge Energy (SD), TETRA Technologies (TTI), TXO Partners (TXO), Berry (BRY), Sable Offshore (SOC), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), Greenfire Resources (GFR), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Diversified Energy (DEC), and W&T Offshore (WTI). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD) and GeoPark (NYSE:GPRK) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.
SandRidge Energy has a net margin of 40.94% compared to SandRidge Energy's net margin of 14.69%. SandRidge Energy's return on equity of 79.78% beat GeoPark's return on equity.
61.8% of SandRidge Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of GeoPark shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of SandRidge Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SandRidge Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. GeoPark pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. SandRidge Energy pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GeoPark pays out 27.7% 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. SandRidge Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and GeoPark has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. GeoPark is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
SandRidge Energy has a beta of 2.16, indicating that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GeoPark has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SandRidge Energy had 3 more articles in the media than GeoPark. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for SandRidge Energy and 4 mentions for GeoPark. GeoPark's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat SandRidge Energy's score of 0.53 indicating that SandRidge Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
GeoPark received 34 more outperform votes than SandRidge Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.65% of users gave GeoPark an outperform vote while only 51.16% of users gave SandRidge Energy an outperform vote.
GeoPark has higher revenue and earnings than SandRidge Energy. GeoPark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SandRidge Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GeoPark has a consensus price target of $13.17, suggesting a potential upside of 37.01%. Given SandRidge Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GeoPark is more favorable than SandRidge Energy.
Summary
GeoPark beats SandRidge Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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