Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT) Competitors

Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM) and Granite Ridge Resources (NYSE:GRNT) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is BSM or GRNT a better dividend stock?

Black Stone Minerals pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Granite Ridge Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Black Stone Minerals pays out 92.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Granite Ridge Resources pays out 122.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Black Stone Minerals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BSM or GRNT?

14.5% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.6% of Granite Ridge Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.6% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Granite Ridge Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BSM or GRNT more profitable?

Black Stone Minerals has a net margin of 67.54% compared to Granite Ridge Resources' net margin of 12.59%. Black Stone Minerals' return on equity of 41.49% beat Granite Ridge Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Black Stone Minerals	67.54%	41.49%	29.65%
Granite Ridge Resources	12.59%	11.58%	7.89%

Do analysts prefer BSM or GRNT?

Black Stone Minerals presently has a consensus price target of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.98%. Granite Ridge Resources has a consensus price target of $7.60, suggesting a potential upside of 18.75%. Given Granite Ridge Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Granite Ridge Resources is more favorable than Black Stone Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Black Stone Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Granite Ridge Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more risk & volatility, BSM or GRNT?

Black Stone Minerals has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Ridge Resources has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BSM or GRNT?

Black Stone Minerals received 293 more outperform votes than Granite Ridge Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.12% of users gave Black Stone Minerals an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Granite Ridge Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Black Stone Minerals	Outperform Votes 297 60.12%	Underperform Votes 197 39.88%
Granite Ridge Resources	Outperform Votes 4 57.14%	Underperform Votes 3 42.86%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, BSM or GRNT?

Black Stone Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Granite Ridge Resources. Black Stone Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Ridge 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
Black Stone Minerals	$592.22M	5.41	$422.55M	$1.62	9.40
Granite Ridge Resources	$394.07M	2.12	$81.10M	$0.36	17.78

Does the media refer more to BSM or GRNT?

In the previous week, Granite Ridge Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Black Stone Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Granite Ridge Resources and 4 mentions for Black Stone Minerals. Granite Ridge Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Black Stone Minerals' score of 0.97 indicating that Granite Ridge Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Black Stone Minerals	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Granite Ridge Resources	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Black Stone Minerals beats Granite Ridge Resources on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.