SWN vs. DVN, EQT, MRO, RRC, MTDR, SM, CRK, KOS, SBOW, and EGY
Should you be buying Southwestern Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southwestern Energy include Devon Energy (DVN), EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Range Resources (RRC), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Comstock Resources (CRK), Kosmos Energy (KOS), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), and VAALCO Energy (EGY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN) and Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Devon Energy received 411 more outperform votes than Southwestern Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.50% of users gave Devon Energy an outperform vote while only 57.13% of users gave Southwestern Energy an outperform vote.
Southwestern Energy has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Devon Energy has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.0% of Southwestern Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Devon Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Southwestern Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Devon Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Devon Energy has a net margin of 22.27% compared to Southwestern Energy's net margin of -32.93%. Devon Energy's return on equity of 29.02% beat Southwestern Energy's return on equity.
Devon Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Southwestern Energy. Southwestern Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Devon Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Southwestern Energy currently has a consensus target price of $8.25, suggesting a potential upside of 9.55%. Devon Energy has a consensus target price of $58.83, suggesting a potential upside of 19.87%. Given Devon Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Devon Energy is more favorable than Southwestern Energy.
In the previous week, Southwestern Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Devon Energy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Southwestern Energy and 13 mentions for Devon Energy. Devon Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Southwestern Energy's score of 0.34 indicating that Devon Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Devon Energy beats Southwestern Energy on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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