SM vs. MTDR, CRK, SWN, KOS, RRC, MRO, EQT, MGY, CPG, and VNOM
Should you be buying SM Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SM Energy include Matador Resources (MTDR), Comstock Resources (CRK), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Range Resources (RRC), Marathon Oil (MRO), EQT (EQT), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), and Viper Energy (VNOM). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
SM Energy (NYSE:SM) and Matador Resources (NYSE:MTDR) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
SM Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Matador Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. SM Energy pays out 11.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Matador Resources pays out 11.0% 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.
Matador Resources has higher revenue and earnings than SM Energy. SM Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Matador Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.6% of SM Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Matador Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of SM Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Matador Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SM Energy presently has a consensus price target of $54.57, indicating a potential upside of 11.48%. Matador Resources has a consensus price target of $74.80, indicating a potential upside of 20.49%. Given Matador Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Matador Resources is more favorable than SM Energy.
In the previous week, SM Energy and SM Energy both had 10 articles in the media. SM Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Matador Resources' score of 0.90 indicating that SM Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SM Energy has a beta of 4.21, meaning that its share price is 321% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matador Resources has a beta of 3.33, meaning that its share price is 233% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SM Energy received 119 more outperform votes than Matador Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.20% of users gave Matador Resources an outperform vote while only 65.75% of users gave SM Energy an outperform vote.
SM Energy has a net margin of 31.80% compared to Matador Resources' net margin of 28.89%. Matador Resources' return on equity of 20.62% beat SM Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Matador Resources beats SM Energy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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