MUSA vs. RRC, YPF, WFRD, SWN, HESM, MTDR, CHRD, AR, AM, and DINO
Should you be buying Murphy USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Murphy USA include Range Resources (RRC), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Weatherford International (WFRD), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Hess Midstream (HESM), Matador Resources (MTDR), Chord Energy (CHRD), Antero Resources (AR), Antero Midstream (AM), and HF Sinclair (DINO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) and Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
Range Resources has a net margin of 17.00% compared to Range Resources' net margin of 2.43%. Range Resources' return on equity of 64.45% beat Murphy USA's return on equity.
Range Resources received 659 more outperform votes than Murphy USA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.00% of users gave Murphy USA an outperform vote while only 59.89% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote.
Range Resources has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Murphy USA has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Range Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Murphy USA pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Range Resources pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Murphy USA pays out 7.0% 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. Murphy USA has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
98.9% of Range Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Murphy USA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Range Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Murphy USA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Range Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Murphy USA. Murphy USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Range Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Range Resources presently has a consensus price target of $36.81, indicating a potential downside of 2.57%. Murphy USA has a consensus price target of $408.60, indicating a potential downside of 7.84%. Given Murphy USA's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Range Resources is more favorable than Murphy USA.
In the previous week, Murphy USA had 9 more articles in the media than Range Resources. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Murphy USA and 7 mentions for Range Resources. Murphy USA's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Range Resources' score of 0.85 indicating that Range Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Range Resources beats Murphy USA on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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