Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY) Competitors

Magnolia Oil & Gas (NYSE:MGY) and YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do analysts rate MGY or YPF?

Magnolia Oil & Gas presently has a consensus target price of $27.58, suggesting a potential upside of 14.76%. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a consensus target price of $39.16, suggesting a potential upside of 5.42%. Given Magnolia Oil & Gas' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Magnolia Oil & Gas is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anónima.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Magnolia Oil & Gas	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
YPF Sociedad Anónima	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Which has more risk & volatility, MGY or YPF?

Magnolia Oil & Gas has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MGY or YPF?

94.7% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor MGY or YPF?

In the previous week, Magnolia Oil & Gas had 21 more articles in the media than YPF Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Magnolia Oil & Gas and 4 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima. Magnolia Oil & Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.27 indicating that Magnolia Oil & Gas is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Magnolia Oil & Gas	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
YPF Sociedad Anónima	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, MGY or YPF?

Magnolia Oil & Gas has higher earnings, but lower revenue than YPF Sociedad Anónima. Magnolia Oil & Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than YPF Sociedad Anónima, 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
Magnolia Oil & Gas	$1.32B	3.59	$388.30M	$1.93	12.45
YPF Sociedad Anónima	$17.31B	0.84	-$1.31B	$1.98	18.76

Is MGY or YPF more profitable?

Magnolia Oil & Gas has a net margin of 27.82% compared to YPF Sociedad Anónima's net margin of 4.15%. YPF Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 32.76% beat Magnolia Oil & Gas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Magnolia Oil & Gas	27.82%	20.74%	14.23%
YPF Sociedad Anónima	4.15%	32.76%	12.67%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MGY or YPF?

YPF Sociedad Anónima received 192 more outperform votes than Magnolia Oil & Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.78% of users gave YPF Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 59.78% of users gave Magnolia Oil & Gas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Magnolia Oil & Gas	Outperform Votes 275 59.78%	Underperform Votes 185 40.22%
YPF Sociedad Anónima	Outperform Votes 467 67.78%	Underperform Votes 222 32.22%

Summary

Magnolia Oil & Gas beats YPF Sociedad Anónima on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.