MGY vs. EC, YPF, WDS, PR, AR, OVV, VNOM, APA, HESM, and SUN
Should you be buying Magnolia Oil & Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Magnolia Oil & Gas include Ecopetrol (EC), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Permian Resources (PR), Antero Resources (AR), Ovintiv (OVV), Viper Energy (VNOM), APA (APA), Hess Midstream (HESM), and Sunoco (SUN). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Magnolia Oil & Gas vs.
Magnolia Oil & Gas (NYSE:MGY) and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
Ecopetrol has higher revenue and earnings than Magnolia Oil & Gas. Ecopetrol is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Magnolia Oil & Gas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Magnolia Oil & Gas pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.6%. Magnolia Oil & Gas pays out 25.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ecopetrol pays out 67.0% 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.
In the previous week, Ecopetrol had 3 more articles in the media than Magnolia Oil & Gas. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ecopetrol and 6 mentions for Magnolia Oil & Gas. Ecopetrol's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Magnolia Oil & Gas' score of 0.38 indicating that Ecopetrol is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.7% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Magnolia Oil & Gas has a beta of 2, indicating that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Magnolia Oil & Gas has a net margin of 28.88% compared to Ecopetrol's net margin of 12.92%. Magnolia Oil & Gas' return on equity of 20.78% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.
Magnolia Oil & Gas presently has a consensus target price of $27.58, indicating a potential upside of 4.68%. Ecopetrol has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.53%. Given Magnolia Oil & Gas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Magnolia Oil & Gas is more favorable than Ecopetrol.
Ecopetrol received 27 more outperform votes than Magnolia Oil & Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.18% of users gave Magnolia Oil & Gas an outperform vote while only 52.98% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote.
Summary
Magnolia Oil & Gas beats Ecopetrol on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MGY) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff