FANG vs. COP, EOG, EQT, DVN, RRC, CRK, MTDR, SM, KOS, and SD
Should you be buying Diamondback Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diamondback Energy include ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), EQT (EQT), Devon Energy (DVN), Range Resources (RRC), Comstock Resources (CRK), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Kosmos Energy (KOS), and SandRidge Energy (SD). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
Diamondback Energy vs.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) and Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 33.64% compared to ConocoPhillips' net margin of 16.23%. ConocoPhillips' return on equity of 17.26% beat Diamondback Energy's return on equity.
82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, ConocoPhillips had 8 more articles in the media than Diamondback Energy. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for ConocoPhillips and 38 mentions for Diamondback Energy. Diamondback Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat ConocoPhillips' score of 0.99 indicating that Diamondback Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. ConocoPhillips pays out 40.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diamondback Energy pays out 25.3% 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.
Diamondback Energy received 307 more outperform votes than ConocoPhillips when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.21% of users gave Diamondback Energy an outperform vote while only 66.71% of users gave ConocoPhillips an outperform vote.
ConocoPhillips currently has a consensus target price of $129.74, suggesting a potential upside of 50.30%. Diamondback Energy has a consensus target price of $208.17, suggesting a potential upside of 63.09%. Given Diamondback Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than ConocoPhillips.
ConocoPhillips has higher revenue and earnings than Diamondback Energy. Diamondback Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConocoPhillips, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ConocoPhillips has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Diamondback Energy beats ConocoPhillips on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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