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W&T Offshore (WTI) Competitors

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$1.47 -0.10 (-6.37%)
(As of 05:44 PM ET)

WTI vs. EGY, SD, BRY, PHX, COP, EOG, FANG, EQT, DVN, and MRO

Should you be buying W&T Offshore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W&T Offshore include VAALCO Energy (EGY), SandRidge Energy (SD), Berry (BRY), PHX Minerals (PHX), ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), EQT (EQT), Devon Energy (DVN), and Marathon Oil (MRO). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.

W&T Offshore vs.

VAALCO Energy (NYSE:EGY) and W&T Offshore (NYSE:WTI) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W&T Offshore has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. W&T Offshore pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. VAALCO Energy pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W&T Offshore pays out -9.3% 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.

VAALCO Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than W&T Offshore. W&T Offshore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VAALCO Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
VAALCO Energy$506.42M0.95$60.35M$0.855.46
W&T Offshore$537.26M0.43$15.60M-$0.43-3.69

VAALCO Energy currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 72.41%. W&T Offshore has a consensus target price of $7.80, suggesting a potential upside of 392.11%. Given W&T Offshore's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe W&T Offshore is more favorable than VAALCO Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
VAALCO Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
W&T Offshore
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, W&T Offshore had 8 more articles in the media than VAALCO Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for W&T Offshore and 2 mentions for VAALCO Energy. VAALCO Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat W&T Offshore's score of -0.17 indicating that VAALCO Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
VAALCO Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
W&T Offshore
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

W&T Offshore received 16 more outperform votes than VAALCO Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.37% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote while only 53.19% of users gave W&T Offshore an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VAALCO EnergyOutperform Votes
259
60.37%
Underperform Votes
170
39.63%
W&T OffshoreOutperform Votes
275
53.19%
Underperform Votes
242
46.81%

50.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

VAALCO Energy has a net margin of 17.93% compared to W&T Offshore's net margin of -11.95%. VAALCO Energy's return on equity of 15.63% beat W&T Offshore's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
VAALCO Energy17.93% 15.63% 8.72%
W&T Offshore -11.95%-775.16%-4.37%

Summary

VAALCO Energy beats W&T Offshore on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WTI vs. The Competition

MetricW&T OffshoreCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$233.56M$7.81B$7.92B$19.68B
Dividend Yield2.27%23.38%11.37%3.51%
P/E Ratio-3.6911.1517.0043.79
Price / Sales0.437.02109.9917.84
Price / Cash1.936.8912.4121.73
Price / Book7.551.733.635.48
Net Income$15.60M$1.17B$930.36M$987.88M
7 Day Performance-13.39%-3.69%-1.68%-2.00%
1 Month Performance-21.14%-5.45%-1.45%1.00%
1 Year Performance-51.23%-2.97%5.51%16.82%

W&T Offshore Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WTI
W&T Offshore
3.137 of 5 stars
$1.47
-6.4%
$7.80
+430.6%
-52.0%$216.62M$537.26M-3.42395
EGY
VAALCO Energy
3.7942 of 5 stars
$4.66
-6.0%
$8.00
+71.7%
+5.7%$483.44M$506.42M5.84120
SD
SandRidge Energy
3.9355 of 5 stars
$11.11
-1.5%
N/A-20.8%$413.40M$148.64M8.81100Positive News
BRY
Berry
4.377 of 5 stars
$4.09
-1.0%
$5.00
+22.2%
-39.9%$314.68M$806.73M3.771,282Positive News
PHX
PHX Minerals
2.9357 of 5 stars
$3.98
-0.7%
$4.90
+23.1%
+19.0%$149.17M$38.33M30.5420
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.9805 of 5 stars
$99.62
-1.4%
$139.24
+39.8%
-14.2%$114.65B$58.57B12.019,900Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
EOG
EOG Resources
4.3512 of 5 stars
$124.51
-1.8%
$143.80
+15.5%
+2.5%$70.03B$24.19B10.213,050Analyst Forecast
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.9109 of 5 stars
$158.61
-2.9%
$211.52
+33.4%
+4.6%$46.31B$9.58B9.351,023Analyst Forecast
Positive News
EQT
EQT
4.5363 of 5 stars
$44.95
-1.4%
$46.61
+3.7%
+15.0%$26.82B$4.79B54.27740Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
DVN
Devon Energy
4.7744 of 5 stars
$32.66
-3.6%
$50.55
+54.8%
-28.3%$21.45B$15.68B6.291,900Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
MRO
Marathon Oil
1.4281 of 5 stars
$28.55
flat
$30.94
+8.4%
N/A$15.97B$6.70B12.251,681Analyst Forecast

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