CRGY vs. RRC, SWN, HESM, MTDR, CHRD, VNOM, MUR, SM, CPG, and VRN
Should you be buying Crescent Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crescent Energy include Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Hess Midstream (HESM), Matador Resources (MTDR), Chord Energy (CHRD), Viper Energy (VNOM), Murphy Oil (MUR), SM Energy (SM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), and Veren (VRN). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) and Crescent Energy (NYSE:CRGY) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and earnings.
Range Resources presently has a consensus target price of $37.10, indicating a potential upside of 1.26%. Crescent Energy has a consensus target price of $16.63, indicating a potential upside of 33.00%. Given Range Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Energy is more favorable than Range Resources.
Range Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Crescent Energy. Crescent Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Range Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Range Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Crescent Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Range Resources and 3 mentions for Crescent Energy. Range Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Crescent Energy's score of 0.88 indicating that Crescent Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
98.9% of Range Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of Crescent Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Range Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Crescent Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Range Resources received 1004 more outperform votes than Crescent Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.89% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote while only 48.48% of users gave Crescent Energy an outperform vote.
Range Resources has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Energy has a beta of 2.29, suggesting that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Range Resources has a net margin of 17.00% compared to Range Resources' net margin of -0.67%. Crescent Energy's return on equity of 13.30% beat Range Resources' return on equity.
Range Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Crescent Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Range Resources pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crescent Energy pays out -240.0% 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. Range Resources has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Crescent Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Range Resources beats Crescent Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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