PHX Minerals (PHX) Competitors

VAALCO Energy (NYSE:EGY) and PHX Minerals (NYSE:PHX) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, EGY or PHX?

VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PHX Minerals has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EGY or PHX?

50.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of PHX Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of PHX Minerals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EGY or PHX more profitable?

VAALCO Energy has a net margin of 17.93% compared to PHX Minerals' net margin of 12.33%. VAALCO Energy's return on equity of 15.63% beat PHX Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VAALCO Energy	17.93%	15.63%	8.72%
PHX Minerals	12.33%	4.16%	3.12%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EGY or PHX?

PHX Minerals received 4 more outperform votes than VAALCO Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.32% of users gave PHX Minerals an outperform vote while only 60.23% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VAALCO Energy	Outperform Votes 259 60.23%	Underperform Votes 171 39.77%
PHX Minerals	Outperform Votes 263 62.32%	Underperform Votes 159 37.68%

Which has better earnings and valuation, EGY or PHX?

VAALCO Energy has higher revenue and earnings than PHX Minerals. VAALCO Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PHX Minerals, 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
VAALCO Energy	$506.42M	0.94	$60.35M	$0.85	5.35
PHX Minerals	$38.33M	3.97	$13.92M	$0.13	31.19

Does the media favor EGY or PHX?

In the previous week, PHX Minerals had 1 more articles in the media than VAALCO Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PHX Minerals and 2 mentions for VAALCO Energy. VAALCO Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat PHX Minerals' score of 0.70 indicating that VAALCO Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VAALCO Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
PHX Minerals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is EGY or PHX a better dividend stock?

VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. PHX Minerals pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. VAALCO Energy pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PHX Minerals pays out 123.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VAALCO Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate EGY or PHX?

VAALCO Energy presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 76.02%. PHX Minerals has a consensus price target of $4.90, suggesting a potential upside of 20.84%. Given VAALCO Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe VAALCO Energy is more favorable than PHX Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VAALCO Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
PHX Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

VAALCO Energy beats PHX Minerals on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.