SD vs. BRY, EGY, WTI, SBOW, GPRK, TTI, REPX, GFR, TXO, and DEC
Should you be buying SandRidge Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SandRidge Energy include Berry (BRY), VAALCO Energy (EGY), W&T Offshore (WTI), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), GeoPark (GPRK), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), Greenfire Resources (GFR), TXO Partners (TXO), and Diversified Energy (DEC). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Berry (NASDAQ:BRY) and SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
SandRidge Energy has a net margin of 35.52% compared to SandRidge Energy's net margin of 0.41%. Berry's return on equity of 11.41% beat SandRidge Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Berry had 10 more articles in the media than SandRidge Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Berry and 2 mentions for SandRidge Energy. Berry's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat SandRidge Energy's score of 0.64 indicating that SandRidge Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.9% of Berry shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of SandRidge Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Berry shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of SandRidge Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Berry currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.96%. Given SandRidge Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Berry is more favorable than SandRidge Energy.
SandRidge Energy received 27 more outperform votes than Berry when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.94% of users gave Berry an outperform vote while only 51.16% of users gave SandRidge Energy an outperform vote.
Berry has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SandRidge Energy has a beta of 2.16, meaning that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Berry pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. SandRidge Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Berry pays out 4,800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SandRidge Energy pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Berry has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and SandRidge Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Berry is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
SandRidge Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Berry. SandRidge Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Berry, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SandRidge Energy beats Berry on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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