WTI vs. EGY, SD, 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 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 Range Resources (RRC). 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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
VAALCO Energy presently has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 76.02%. W&T Offshore has a consensus target price of $7.80, indicating a potential upside of 322.76%. Given W&T Offshore's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe W&T Offshore is more favorable than VAALCO Energy.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. W&T Offshore pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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 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.
W&T Offshore received 16 more outperform votes than VAALCO Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.23% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote while only 53.19% of users gave W&T Offshore an outperform vote.
VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W&T Offshore has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, W&T Offshore had 6 more articles in the media than VAALCO Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for W&T Offshore and 3 mentions for VAALCO Energy. VAALCO Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat W&T Offshore's score of 0.28 indicating that VAALCO Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Summary
VAALCO Energy beats W&T Offshore on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WTI) was last updated on 1/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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