PHX Minerals (PHX) Competitors

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

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

61.8% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of PHX Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of PHX Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SD or PHX?

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
SandRidge Energy	$125.29M	2.79	$60.86M	$1.70	5.53
PHX Minerals	$34.27M	4.15	$13.92M	$0.06	62.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SD or PHX?

SandRidge Energy received 23 more outperform votes than PHX Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.74% of users gave PHX Minerals an outperform vote while only 51.16% of users gave SandRidge Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SandRidge Energy	Outperform Votes 286 51.16%	Underperform Votes 273 48.84%
PHX Minerals	Outperform Votes 263 60.74%	Underperform Votes 170 39.26%

Does the media favor SD or PHX?

In the previous week, SandRidge Energy had 2 more articles in the media than PHX Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SandRidge Energy and 3 mentions for PHX Minerals. SandRidge Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat PHX Minerals' score of 0.20 indicating that SandRidge Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SandRidge Energy	5 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is SD or PHX a better dividend stock?

SandRidge Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. PHX Minerals pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. SandRidge Energy pays out 25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PHX Minerals pays out 266.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is SD or PHX 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
SandRidge Energy	39.25%	7.92%	6.34%
PHX Minerals	12.33%	4.16%	3.12%

Which has more risk and volatility, SD or PHX?

SandRidge Energy has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PHX Minerals has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SandRidge Energy beats PHX Minerals on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.