Chord Energy (CHRD) Competitors

Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) and CNX Resources (NYSE:CNX) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend CHRD or CNX?

Chord Energy presently has a consensus price target of $188.45, suggesting a potential upside of 45.14%. CNX Resources has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential downside of 27.72%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than CNX Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chord Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
CNX Resources	5 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.58

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CHRD or CNX?

97.8% of Chord Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of CNX Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of CNX Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CHRD or CNX more profitable?

CNX Resources has a net margin of 27.79% compared to Chord Energy's net margin of 19.74%. Chord Energy's return on equity of 12.88% beat CNX Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chord Energy	19.74%	12.88%	8.91%
CNX Resources	27.79%	7.54%	3.76%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHRD or CNX?

CNX Resources received 772 more outperform votes than Chord Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.68% of users gave CNX Resources an outperform vote while only 56.79% of users gave Chord Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chord Energy	Outperform Votes 46 56.79%	Underperform Votes 35 43.21%
CNX Resources	Outperform Votes 818 69.68%	Underperform Votes 356 30.32%

Does the media refer more to CHRD or CNX?

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 21 more articles in the media than CNX Resources. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Chord Energy and 2 mentions for CNX Resources. CNX Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Chord Energy's score of 0.80 indicating that CNX Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chord Energy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CNX Resources	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CHRD or CNX?

CNX Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Chord Energy. Chord Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNX Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chord Energy	$4.76B	1.67	$1.02B	$19.42	6.69
CNX Resources	$3.47B	1.73	$1.72B	$3.18	12.62

Which has more volatility & risk, CHRD or CNX?

Chord Energy has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNX Resources has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Chord Energy beats CNX Resources on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.