Sable Offshore (SOC) Competitors

Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) and Sable Offshore (NYSE:SOC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Is CHRD or SOC more profitable?

Chord Energy has a net margin of 19.74% compared to Sable Offshore's net margin of 0.00%. Chord Energy's return on equity of 12.88% beat Sable Offshore's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chord Energy	19.74%	12.88%	8.91%
Sable Offshore	N/A	-319.58%	-39.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHRD or SOC?

Chord Energy received 41 more outperform votes than Sable Offshore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Sable Offshore an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave Chord Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chord Energy	Outperform Votes 50 58.82%	Underperform Votes 35 41.18%
Sable Offshore	Outperform Votes 9 75.00%	Underperform Votes 3 25.00%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CHRD or SOC?

97.8% of Chord Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.2% of Sable Offshore shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of Sable Offshore shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, CHRD or SOC?

Chord Energy has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sable Offshore has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CHRD or SOC?

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 15 more articles in the media than Sable Offshore. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Chord Energy and 5 mentions for Sable Offshore. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Sable Offshore's score of 0.54 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chord Energy	11 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sable Offshore	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate CHRD or SOC?

Chord Energy currently has a consensus price target of $182.55, suggesting a potential upside of 58.61%. Sable Offshore has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.15%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than Sable Offshore.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chord Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
Sable Offshore	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CHRD or SOC?

Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Sable Offshore.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chord Energy	$3.90B	1.81	$1.02B	$19.42	5.93
Sable Offshore	N/A	N/A	-$32.18M	N/A	N/A

Summary

Chord Energy beats Sable Offshore on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.