Dorchester Minerals (DMLP) Competitors

Dorchester Minerals (NASDAQ:DMLP) and Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DMLP or CHRD?

Dorchester Minerals received 114 more outperform votes than Chord Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.44% of users gave Dorchester Minerals an outperform vote while only 59.41% of users gave Chord Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dorchester Minerals	Outperform Votes 174 64.44%	Underperform Votes 96 35.56%
Chord Energy	Outperform Votes 60 59.41%	Underperform Votes 41 40.59%

Do analysts recommend DMLP or CHRD?

Chord Energy has a consensus target price of $157.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.69%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than Dorchester Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dorchester Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Chord Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Does the media prefer DMLP or CHRD?

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 31 more articles in the media than Dorchester Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Chord Energy and 1 mentions for Dorchester Minerals. Dorchester Minerals' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Chord Energy's score of 0.87 indicating that Dorchester Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Dorchester Minerals	Very Positive
Chord Energy	Positive

Is DMLP or CHRD more profitable?

Dorchester Minerals has a net margin of 56.77% compared to Chord Energy's net margin of 19.74%. Dorchester Minerals' return on equity of 36.86% beat Chord Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dorchester Minerals	56.77%	36.86%	36.00%
Chord Energy	19.74%	12.88%	8.91%

Is DMLP or CHRD a better dividend stock?

Dorchester Minerals pays an annual dividend of $2.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Dorchester Minerals pays out 139.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chord Energy pays out 32.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility & risk, DMLP or CHRD?

Dorchester Minerals has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chord Energy has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DMLP or CHRD?

19.2% of Dorchester Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Chord Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Dorchester Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DMLP or CHRD?

Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Dorchester Minerals. Chord Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dorchester Minerals, 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
Dorchester Minerals	$161.52M	8.42	$110.39M	$2.12	13.55
Chord Energy	$5.25B	1.05	$1.02B	$15.94	5.80

Summary

Chord Energy beats Dorchester Minerals on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.