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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Magnolia Oil & Gas$1.23B4.22$388.30M$2.0213.04
Ecopetrol$33.22B0.52$25.27B$2.094.05

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Magnolia Oil & Gas
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ecopetrol
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Magnolia Oil & Gas28.88% 20.78% 14.19%
Ecopetrol 12.92%8.66%3.04%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Magnolia Oil & Gas
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.23
Ecopetrol
3 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.25

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Magnolia Oil & GasOutperform Votes
275
60.18%
Underperform Votes
182
39.82%
EcopetrolOutperform Votes
302
52.98%
Underperform Votes
268
47.02%

Summary

Magnolia Oil & Gas beats Ecopetrol on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MGY vs. The Competition

MetricMagnolia Oil & GasCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.18B$7.99B$9.26B$20.04B
Dividend Yield1.96%23.25%11.45%3.61%
P/E Ratio13.0512.5313.3641.66
Price / Sales4.226.4650.8117.77
Price / Cash7.597.3211.0817.54
Price / Book2.871.894.405.85
Net Income$388.30M$1.18B$946.90M$1.01B
7 Day Performance2.21%4.04%3.26%3.48%
1 Month Performance15.12%16.72%12.95%5.99%
1 Year Performance34.37%13.70%472.38%20.49%

Magnolia Oil & Gas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
1.5968 of 5 stars
$26.26
-1.0%
$27.58
+5.0%
+35.3%$5.16B$1.31B13.00210
EC
Ecopetrol
1.4257 of 5 stars
$8.58
+1.1%
$8.50
-0.9%
-27.5%$17.64B$133.44T3.7819,657
YPF
YPF Sociedad Anónima
1.6249 of 5 stars
$44.74
-2.4%
$39.16
-12.5%
+173.4%$17.60B$18.48B22.6021,300Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
1.294 of 5 stars
$16.12
+2.6%
N/A-21.4%$15.86B$12.58B14.794,380
PR
Permian Resources
3.5341 of 5 stars
$15.38
+1.6%
$19.06
+23.9%
+21.2%$12.36B$4.83B9.32220
AR
Antero Resources
3.6596 of 5 stars
$38.05
-0.7%
$35.88
-5.7%
+84.9%$11.84B$4.08B271.79590
OVV
Ovintiv
4.674 of 5 stars
$44.83
+2.8%
$56.81
+26.7%
+11.8%$11.67B$10.13B5.951,740Analyst Revision
VNOM
Viper Energy
3.5474 of 5 stars
$50.86
+2.4%
$60.00
+18.0%
+67.1%$9.58B$835.80M21.83711Positive News
APA
APA
4.5718 of 5 stars
$24.43
+3.2%
$30.55
+25.1%
-19.7%$9.04B$9.19B3.452,270Short Interest ↓
HESM
Hess Midstream
2.1786 of 5 stars
$38.67
+2.1%
$38.67
0.0%
+28.2%$8.43B$1.45B16.39200
SUN
Sunoco
3.0817 of 5 stars
$52.09
+1.6%
$62.75
+20.5%
-8.4%$7.94B$23.07B11.972,389

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This page (NYSE:MGY) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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