Par Pacific (PARR) Competitors

Northern Oil and Gas (NYSE:NOG) and Par Pacific (NYSE:PARR) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NOG or PARR?

Northern Oil and Gas has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Par Pacific. Par Pacific is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northern Oil and Gas, 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
Northern Oil and Gas	$2.16B	1.52	$922.97M	$5.14	6.42
Par Pacific	$8.23B	0.11	$728.64M	$5.16	3.02

Is NOG or PARR more profitable?

Northern Oil and Gas has a net margin of 23.38% compared to Par Pacific's net margin of 3.74%. Northern Oil and Gas' return on equity of 24.96% beat Par Pacific's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Oil and Gas	23.38%	24.96%	11.06%
Par Pacific	3.74%	10.06%	3.37%

Do analysts rate NOG or PARR?

Northern Oil and Gas presently has a consensus price target of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.40%. Par Pacific has a consensus price target of $25.29, suggesting a potential upside of 62.14%. Given Par Pacific's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Par Pacific is more favorable than Northern Oil and Gas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northern Oil and Gas	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Par Pacific	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NOG or PARR?

98.8% of Northern Oil and Gas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Par Pacific shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Northern Oil and Gas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Par Pacific shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, NOG or PARR?

Northern Oil and Gas has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Par Pacific has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer NOG or PARR?

In the previous week, Northern Oil and Gas had 29 more articles in the media than Par Pacific. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Northern Oil and Gas and 2 mentions for Par Pacific. Par Pacific's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Northern Oil and Gas' score of 0.09 indicating that Par Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northern Oil and Gas	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Par Pacific	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NOG or PARR?

Northern Oil and Gas received 10 more outperform votes than Par Pacific when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 37.38% of users gave Northern Oil and Gas an outperform vote while only 31.58% of users gave Par Pacific an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern Oil and Gas	Outperform Votes 40 37.38%	Underperform Votes 67 62.62%
Par Pacific	Outperform Votes 30 31.58%	Underperform Votes 65 68.42%

Summary

Northern Oil and Gas beats Par Pacific on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.