WTI vs. SD, PHX, BRY, EGY, SBOW, GFR, PNRG, PROP, GPRK, and EPSN
Should you be buying W&T Offshore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W&T Offshore include SandRidge Energy (SD), PHX Minerals (PHX), Berry (BRY), VAALCO Energy (EGY), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), Greenfire Resources (GFR), PrimeEnergy Resources (PNRG), Prairie Operating (PROP), GeoPark (GPRK), and Epsilon Energy (EPSN). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
W&T Offshore (NYSE:WTI) and SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
SandRidge Energy has a net margin of 40.94% compared to W&T Offshore's net margin of 2.93%. SandRidge Energy's return on equity of 14.50% beat W&T Offshore's return on equity.
SandRidge Energy received 11 more outperform votes than W&T Offshore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.92% of users gave W&T Offshore an outperform vote while only 51.16% of users gave SandRidge Energy an outperform vote.
42.9% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.5% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned 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.
W&T Offshore currently has a consensus price target of $7.80, indicating a potential upside of 227.73%. Given W&T Offshore's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe W&T Offshore is more favorable than SandRidge Energy.
In the previous week, SandRidge Energy had 6 more articles in the media than W&T Offshore. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for SandRidge Energy and 1 mentions for W&T Offshore. SandRidge Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat W&T Offshore's score of -0.50 indicating that SandRidge Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
W&T Offshore has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SandRidge Energy has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SandRidge Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than W&T Offshore. SandRidge Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W&T Offshore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
W&T Offshore pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. SandRidge Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. W&T Offshore pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SandRidge Energy pays out 26.8% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
SandRidge Energy beats W&T Offshore on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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