PHX Minerals (PHX) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, PHX or SD?

SandRidge Energy has higher revenue and earnings than PHX Minerals. SandRidge 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
PHX Minerals	$44.46M	3.49	$13.92M	$0.13	31.89
SandRidge Energy	$120.24M	3.78	$60.86M	$1.28	9.54

Do analysts recommend PHX or SD?

PHX Minerals currently has a consensus target price of $4.30, indicating a potential upside of 3.74%. Given PHX Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe PHX Minerals is more favorable than SandRidge Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PHX Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
SandRidge Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is PHX or SD more profitable?

SandRidge Energy has a net margin of 39.25% compared to PHX Minerals' net margin of 12.33%. SandRidge Energy's return on equity of 7.92% beat PHX Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PHX Minerals	12.33%	4.16%	3.12%
SandRidge Energy	39.25%	7.92%	6.34%

Which has more risk and volatility, PHX or SD?

PHX Minerals has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SandRidge Energy has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PHX or SD?

38.2% of PHX Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of PHX Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PHX or SD?

SandRidge Energy received 23 more outperform votes than PHX Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.74% of users gave PHX Minerals an outperform vote while only 51.16% of users gave SandRidge Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PHX Minerals	Outperform Votes 263 61.74%	Underperform Votes 163 38.26%
SandRidge Energy	Outperform Votes 286 51.16%	Underperform Votes 273 48.84%

Is PHX or SD a better dividend stock?

PHX Minerals pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. SandRidge Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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. SandRidge Energy pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor PHX or SD?

In the previous week, PHX Minerals had 1 more articles in the media than SandRidge Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for PHX Minerals and 0 mentions for SandRidge Energy. PHX Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat SandRidge Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that PHX Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
PHX Minerals	Positive
SandRidge Energy	Neutral

Summary

SandRidge Energy beats PHX Minerals on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.