SandRidge Energy (SD) Competitors

Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) and SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Is CHRD or SD a better dividend stock?

Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. SandRidge Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Chord Energy pays out 34.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SandRidge Energy pays out 25.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Chord Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and SandRidge Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Which has better earnings & valuation, CHRD or SD?

Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than SandRidge Energy. SandRidge Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chord Energy, 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
Chord Energy	$5.25B	1.17	$848.63M	$14.95	7.12
SandRidge Energy	$125.29M	3.00	$62.99M	$1.75	5.85

Do analysts recommend CHRD or SD?

Chord Energy currently has a consensus target price of $151.54, indicating a potential upside of 42.42%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than SandRidge Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chord Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
SandRidge Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is CHRD or SD more profitable?

SandRidge Energy has a net margin of 47.17% compared to Chord Energy's net margin of 16.15%. Chord Energy's return on equity of 10.34% beat SandRidge Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chord Energy	16.15%	10.34%	6.91%
SandRidge Energy	47.17%	9.05%	7.18%

Does the media favor CHRD or SD?

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 21 more articles in the media than SandRidge Energy. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Chord Energy and 1 mentions for SandRidge Energy. SandRidge Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Chord Energy's score of 0.72 indicating that SandRidge Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chord Energy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SandRidge Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, CHRD or SD?

Chord Energy has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SandRidge Energy has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CHRD or SD?

97.8% of Chord Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of SandRidge Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of SandRidge Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Chord Energy beats SandRidge Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.