VNOM vs. MUR, CHRD, MTDR, HESM, SWN, SM, CPG, MGY, RRC, and AR
Should you be buying Viper Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viper Energy include Murphy Oil (MUR), Chord Energy (CHRD), Matador Resources (MTDR), Hess Midstream (HESM), Southwestern Energy (SWN), SM Energy (SM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Range Resources (RRC), and Antero Resources (AR). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) and Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Murphy Oil pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Viper Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Murphy Oil pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Viper Energy pays out 39.7% 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. Murphy Oil has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Murphy Oil has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viper Energy has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Viper Energy received 70 more outperform votes than Murphy Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.90% of users gave Viper Energy an outperform vote while only 48.43% of users gave Murphy Oil an outperform vote.
Murphy Oil has higher revenue and earnings than Viper Energy. Murphy Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viper Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Murphy Oil currently has a consensus price target of $50.64, indicating a potential upside of 14.64%. Viper Energy has a consensus price target of $41.14, indicating a potential upside of 10.81%. Given Viper Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Murphy Oil is more favorable than Viper Energy.
In the previous week, Murphy Oil had 1 more articles in the media than Viper Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Murphy Oil and 8 mentions for Viper Energy. Murphy Oil's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Viper Energy's score of -0.04 indicating that Viper Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Viper Energy has a net margin of 24.24% compared to Viper Energy's net margin of 19.12%. Viper Energy's return on equity of 13.02% beat Murphy Oil's return on equity.
78.3% of Murphy Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Viper Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Murphy Oil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Viper Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Murphy Oil beats Viper Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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