PHX Minerals (PHX) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 prefer EGY or PHX?

PHX Minerals received 4 more outperform votes than VAALCO Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.77% 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 62.77%	Underperform Votes 156 37.23%

Do analysts prefer EGY or PHX?

VAALCO Energy presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 85.61%. PHX Minerals has a consensus price target of $4.90, indicating a potential upside of 29.29%. Given VAALCO Energy's higher probable upside, 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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	0.88	$60.35M	$0.85	5.07
PHX Minerals	$38.33M	3.71	$13.92M	$0.13	29.15

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 5.8%. PHX Minerals pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, EGY or PHX?

VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PHX Minerals has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer EGY or PHX?

In the previous week, VAALCO Energy had 8 more articles in the media than PHX Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for VAALCO Energy and 1 mentions for PHX Minerals. VAALCO Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat PHX Minerals' score of -0.16 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PHX Minerals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

VAALCO Energy beats PHX Minerals on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.