Free Trial

W&T Offshore (WTI) Competitors

W&T Offshore logo
$2.00 -0.04 (-1.96%)
(As of 11/15/2024 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.

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

W&T Offshore presently has a consensus price target of $7.80, suggesting a potential upside of 290.00%. VAALCO Energy has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.09%. Given W&T Offshore's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe W&T Offshore is more favorable than VAALCO Energy.

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

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
W&T Offshore-11.95% -775.16% -4.37%
VAALCO Energy 17.93%15.63%8.72%

W&T Offshore pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. W&T Offshore pays out -9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VAALCO Energy pays out 29.4% 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.

W&T Offshore has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

VAALCO Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
W&T Offshore$532.66M0.55$15.60M-$0.43-4.65
VAALCO Energy$455.07M1.20$60.35M$0.856.19

In the previous week, VAALCO Energy had 9 more articles in the media than W&T Offshore. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for VAALCO Energy and 3 mentions for W&T Offshore. W&T Offshore's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat VAALCO Energy's score of 0.36 indicating that W&T Offshore is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

W&T Offshore received 17 more outperform votes than VAALCO Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.28% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote while only 53.29% of users gave W&T Offshore an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
W&T OffshoreOutperform Votes
275
53.29%
Underperform Votes
241
46.71%
VAALCO EnergyOutperform Votes
258
60.28%
Underperform Votes
170
39.72%

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

Summary

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

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

WTI vs. The Competition

MetricW&T OffshoreCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$294.72M$8.41B$8.84B$19.82B
Dividend Yield1.96%23.75%11.67%3.50%
P/E Ratio-4.6511.1412.1942.31
Price / Sales0.5510.7977.2920.82
Price / Cash2.327.0310.0521.65
Price / Book-9.521.723.354.66
Net Income$15.60M$1.19B$957.26M$983.45M
7 Day Performance-6.98%-0.40%4.59%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-1.96%8.07%0.85%-0.47%
1 Year Performance-45.05%-1.18%425.73%24.69%

W&T Offshore Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WTI
W&T Offshore
2.2379 of 5 stars
$2.00
-2.0%
$7.80
+290.0%
-45.1%$294.72M$532.66M-4.65395
EGY
VAALCO Energy
3.4424 of 5 stars
$5.53
-1.4%
N/A+25.5%$573.68M$455.07M6.83120Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
Analyst Downgrade
SD
SandRidge Energy
2.3394 of 5 stars
$11.84
flat
N/A-20.2%$440.24M$120.24M9.25100Short Interest ↑
BRY
Berry
4.6094 of 5 stars
$4.53
-0.4%
N/A-36.8%$348.54M$903.46M4.191,282Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
PHX
PHX Minerals
2.864 of 5 stars
$3.35
-2.6%
N/A+12.8%$125.56M$44.46M25.7720News Coverage
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.7191 of 5 stars
$112.08
+0.4%
N/A+0.3%$128.99B$55.24B13.339,900News Coverage
Positive News
EOG
EOG Resources
3.6249 of 5 stars
$133.07
-0.8%
N/A+11.5%$75.66B$24.19B10.713,050Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.7532 of 5 stars
$179.13
-1.5%
N/A+15.8%$52.80B$8.41B10.251,023Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
EQT
EQT
4.3156 of 5 stars
$43.98
+6.7%
N/A+6.6%$26.24B$6.91B52.36740Positive News
DVN
Devon Energy
4.7914 of 5 stars
$38.96
+0.2%
N/A-13.2%$25.59B$15.26B7.231,900Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
MRO
Marathon Oil
3.7643 of 5 stars
$28.62
+0.4%
N/A+15.5%$16.01B$6.70B12.281,681Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:WTI) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners