WTI vs. SD, EGY, BRY, PHX, COP, EOG, FANG, EQT, DVN, and RRC
Should you be buying W&T Offshore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W&T Offshore include SandRidge Energy (SD), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Berry (BRY), PHX Minerals (PHX), ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), EQT (EQT), Devon Energy (DVN), and Range Resources (RRC). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
W&T Offshore vs.
W&T Offshore (NYSE:WTI) and SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
W&T Offshore currently has a consensus price target of $7.80, suggesting a potential upside of 380.00%. Given W&T Offshore's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe W&T Offshore is more favorable than SandRidge Energy.
SandRidge Energy received 11 more outperform votes than W&T Offshore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.09% of users gave W&T Offshore an outperform vote while only 51.16% of users gave SandRidge Energy an outperform vote.
42.9% of W&T Offshore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of SandRidge Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 33.5% of W&T Offshore shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of SandRidge Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SandRidge Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than W&T Offshore. W&T Offshore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SandRidge Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
W&T Offshore has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SandRidge Energy has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, W&T Offshore had 11 more articles in the media than SandRidge Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for W&T Offshore and 0 mentions for SandRidge Energy. SandRidge Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat W&T Offshore's score of 0.43 indicating that SandRidge Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
W&T Offshore pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. SandRidge Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. W&T Offshore pays out -6.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SandRidge Energy pays out 25.9% 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.
SandRidge Energy has a net margin of 39.25% compared to W&T Offshore's net margin of -11.95%. SandRidge Energy's return on equity of 7.92% beat W&T Offshore's return on equity.
Summary
SandRidge Energy beats W&T Offshore on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WTI) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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