CPG vs. SM, MGY, SSL, VNOM, NOG, MUR, VIST, ERF, CRC, and CNX
Should you be buying Crescent Point Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crescent Point Energy include SM Energy (SM), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Sasol (SSL), Viper Energy (VNOM), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Murphy Oil (MUR), Vista Energy (VIST), Enerplus (ERF), California Resources (CRC), and CNX Resources (CNX). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
SM Energy (NYSE:SM) and Crescent Point Energy (NYSE:CPG) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.
SM Energy received 436 more outperform votes than Crescent Point Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.80% of users gave SM Energy an outperform vote while only 60.19% of users gave Crescent Point Energy an outperform vote.
94.6% of SM Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Crescent Point Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of SM Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Crescent Point Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
SM Energy has a net margin of 34.45% compared to SM Energy's net margin of 15.40%. Crescent Point Energy's return on equity of 20.74% beat SM Energy's return on equity.
SM Energy presently has a consensus price target of $52.57, indicating a potential upside of 9.89%. Crescent Point Energy has a consensus price target of $13.75, indicating a potential upside of 56.78%. Given SM Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Point Energy is more favorable than SM Energy.
SM Energy has a beta of 4.21, meaning that its share price is 321% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Point Energy has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SM Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Crescent Point Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. SM Energy pays out 10.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crescent Point Energy pays out 48.6% 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. SM Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Crescent Point Energy has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Crescent Point Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, SM Energy and SM Energy both had 4 articles in the media. Crescent Point Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat SM Energy's score of 0.28 indicating that SM Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SM Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Crescent Point Energy. SM Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crescent Point Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SM Energy beats Crescent Point Energy on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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