EGY vs. SBOW, BRY, SD, WTI, PHX, COP, EOG, PXD, FANG, and DVN
Should you be buying VAALCO Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VAALCO Energy include SilverBow Resources (SBOW), Berry (BRY), SandRidge Energy (SD), W&T Offshore (WTI), PHX Minerals (PHX), ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Diamondback Energy (FANG), and Devon Energy (DVN). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
VAALCO Energy (NYSE:EGY) and SilverBow Resources (NYSE:SBOW) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.
VAALCO Energy received 2 more outperform votes than SilverBow Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.82% of users gave SilverBow Resources an outperform vote while only 60.24% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote.
VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SilverBow Resources has a beta of 2.52, meaning that its share price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SilverBow Resources has higher revenue and earnings than VAALCO Energy. SilverBow Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VAALCO Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, VAALCO Energy had 6 more articles in the media than SilverBow Resources. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for VAALCO Energy and 2 mentions for SilverBow Resources. SilverBow Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat VAALCO Energy's score of 0.65 indicating that SilverBow Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SilverBow Resources has a net margin of 24.41% compared to VAALCO Energy's net margin of 13.60%. SilverBow Resources' return on equity of 16.48% beat VAALCO Energy's return on equity.
50.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of SilverBow Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of SilverBow Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SilverBow Resources has a consensus target price of $45.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.65%. Given SilverBow Resources' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SilverBow Resources is more favorable than VAALCO Energy.
Summary
SilverBow Resources beats VAALCO Energy on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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