CIVI vs. CHRD, MTDR, MUR, VNOM, HESM, SWN, RRC, SM, CPG, and MGY
Should you be buying Civitas Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Civitas Resources include Chord Energy (CHRD), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Viper Energy (VNOM), Hess Midstream (HESM), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Range Resources (RRC), SM Energy (SM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), and Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) and Civitas Resources (NYSE:CIVI) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Civitas Resources received 297 more outperform votes than Chord Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.23% of users gave Civitas Resources an outperform vote while only 41.07% of users gave Chord Energy an outperform vote.
Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Civitas Resources pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Chord Energy pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Civitas Resources pays out 24.3% 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. Chord Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Chord Energy had 13 more articles in the media than Civitas Resources. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Chord Energy and 5 mentions for Civitas Resources. Civitas Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Chord Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
97.8% of Chord Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of Civitas Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Civitas Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Civitas Resources. Chord Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Civitas Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chord Energy has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Civitas Resources has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Chord Energy currently has a consensus price target of $193.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.81%. Civitas Resources has a consensus price target of $99.29, suggesting a potential upside of 30.26%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Civitas Resources is more favorable than Chord Energy.
Chord Energy has a net margin of 22.67% compared to Chord Energy's net margin of 18.25%. Civitas Resources' return on equity of 16.57% beat Chord Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Chord Energy beats Civitas Resources on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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