MGY vs. EQT, MRO, OVV, PR, CHK, APA, AR, RRC, SWN, and HESM
Should you be buying Magnolia Oil & Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Magnolia Oil & Gas include EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), APA (APA), Antero Resources (AR), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), and Hess Midstream (HESM). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
EQT (NYSE:EQT) and Magnolia Oil & Gas (NYSE:MGY) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Magnolia Oil & Gas pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. EQT pays out 45.7% 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. EQT has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Magnolia Oil & Gas has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Magnolia Oil & Gas is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Magnolia Oil & Gas has a net margin of 30.46% compared to Magnolia Oil & Gas' net margin of 10.96%. EQT's return on equity of 20.41% beat Magnolia Oil & Gas' return on equity.
EQT has higher revenue and earnings than Magnolia Oil & Gas. Magnolia Oil & Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.8% of EQT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of EQT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
EQT received 535 more outperform votes than Magnolia Oil & Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.17% of users gave EQT an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Magnolia Oil & Gas an outperform vote.
EQT has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% 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.
EQT currently has a consensus price target of $44.94, suggesting a potential upside of 10.42%. Magnolia Oil & Gas has a consensus price target of $27.88, suggesting a potential upside of 10.66%. Given EQT's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Magnolia Oil & Gas is more favorable than EQT.
In the previous week, EQT and EQT both had 10 articles in the media. EQT's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Magnolia Oil & Gas' score of 0.49 indicating that Magnolia Oil & Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Magnolia Oil & Gas beats EQT on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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