CPE vs. KOS, APA, GLNG, TGS, DKL, PAGP, YPF, AMPY, CHKEZ, and CHKEW
Should you be buying Callon Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Callon Petroleum include Kosmos Energy (KOS), APA (APA), Golar LNG (GLNG), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Plains GP (PAGP), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Amplify Energy (AMPY), Chesapeake Energy (CHKEZ), and Chesapeake Energy (CHKEW). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Callon Petroleum (NYSE:CPE) and Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Callon Petroleum has a net margin of 17.12% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 12.55%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 39.94% beat Callon Petroleum's return on equity.
Callon Petroleum has a beta of 2.46, meaning that its share price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.36, meaning that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500.
91.1% of Callon Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Callon Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Callon Petroleum currently has a consensus target price of $40.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.79%. Kosmos Energy has a consensus target price of $9.63, suggesting a potential upside of 65.81%. Given Kosmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Callon Petroleum.
Callon Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Kosmos Energy. Callon Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kosmos Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Callon Petroleum received 392 more outperform votes than Kosmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.19% of users gave Callon Petroleum an outperform vote while only 64.88% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kosmos Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Callon Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Kosmos Energy and 1 mentions for Callon Petroleum. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Callon Petroleum's score of 0.00 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Kosmos Energy beats Callon Petroleum on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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