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WTI vs. APA, CHRD, MGY, MTDR, MUR, NOG, PR, TALO, VET, and VTLE

Should you be buying W&T Offshore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W&T Offshore include APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Permian Resources (PR), Talos Energy (TALO), Vermilion Energy (VET), and Vital Energy (VTLE). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

W&T Offshore vs. Its Competitors

APA (NASDAQ:APA) and W&T Offshore (NYSE:WTI) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.

APA has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W&T Offshore has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, APA had 20 more articles in the media than W&T Offshore. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for APA and 1 mentions for W&T Offshore. W&T Offshore's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat APA's score of 0.62 indicating that W&T Offshore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
APA
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
W&T Offshore
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

APA presently has a consensus price target of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.40%. Given APA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe APA is more favorable than W&T Offshore.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
APA
3 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
W&T Offshore
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of APA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.6% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

APA has a net margin of 9.75% compared to W&T Offshore's net margin of -20.66%. APA's return on equity of 23.22% beat W&T Offshore's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
APA9.75% 23.22% 7.63%
W&T Offshore -20.66%N/A -7.11%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
APA$9.74B0.71$804M$2.786.91
W&T Offshore$525.26M0.49-$87.14M-$0.72-2.44

APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. W&T Offshore pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. APA pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W&T Offshore pays out -5.6% 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.

Summary

APA beats W&T Offshore on 15 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 OffshoreOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$252.49M$7.63B$7.66B$20.89B
Dividend Yield2.34%5.37%10.94%3.62%
P/E Ratio-2.448.4566.2327.93
Price / Sales0.499.7542,820.3472.74
Price / Cash2.2414.9036.1422.61
Price / Book-4.881.694.074.70
Net Income-$87.14M$568.61M$4.25B$993.85M
7 Day Performance3.54%0.33%1.61%1.99%
1 Month Performance-0.57%-2.71%3.29%5.85%
1 Year Performance-22.52%-9.60%14.09%13.36%

W&T Offshore Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WTI
W&T Offshore
2.0022 of 5 stars
$1.76
+2.6%
N/A-24.7%$252.49M$525.26M-2.44320
APA
APA
2.7693 of 5 stars
$19.47
-3.2%
$24.72
+27.0%
-37.4%$7.04B$9.74B7.002,305Analyst Forecast
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.6707 of 5 stars
$106.72
-2.3%
$151.08
+41.6%
-36.6%$6.16B$5.38B7.14530
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.6438 of 5 stars
$23.64
-0.8%
$27.00
+14.2%
-9.1%$4.55B$1.32B11.76210News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.6585 of 5 stars
$51.86
-1.0%
$69.06
+33.2%
-17.5%$6.49B$3.70B6.96290Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.8053 of 5 stars
$25.95
-1.8%
$29.46
+13.5%
-35.3%$3.70B$2.90B9.98690
NOG
Northern Oil and Gas
4.3386 of 5 stars
$29.42
-4.3%
$38.78
+31.8%
-27.7%$2.90B$2.21B4.5830Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
PR
Permian Resources
4.8961 of 5 stars
$13.94
-1.6%
$18.33
+31.6%
-13.6%$11.20B$5.13B8.60220Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TALO
Talos Energy
4.1933 of 5 stars
$8.93
-2.2%
$14.22
+59.4%
-26.1%$1.58B$1.97B59.50440News Coverage
Positive News
VET
Vermilion Energy
3.0494 of 5 stars
$7.85
-0.2%
N/A-22.7%$1.21B$2.11B-49.08720Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
VTLE
Vital Energy
3.212 of 5 stars
$17.89
-5.5%
$30.09
+68.2%
-58.9%$693.48M$1.98B-5.29290Positive News

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