CRK vs. KOS, SBOW, SM, MTDR, SWN, RRC, TALO, AESI, BSM, and VTLE
Should you be buying Comstock Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comstock Resources include Kosmos Energy (KOS), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), SM Energy (SM), Matador Resources (MTDR), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Range Resources (RRC), Talos Energy (TALO), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), and Vital Energy (VTLE). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Comstock Resources (NYSE:CRK) and Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
36.1% of Comstock Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Comstock Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Comstock Resources. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comstock Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Comstock Resources currently has a consensus target price of $9.75, indicating a potential downside of 5.52%. Kosmos Energy has a consensus target price of $9.63, indicating a potential upside of 63.83%. Given Kosmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Comstock Resources.
Comstock Resources has a net margin of 13.49% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 12.55%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 39.94% beat Comstock Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Comstock Resources had 9 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Comstock Resources and 1 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Comstock Resources' score of -0.12 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kosmos Energy received 70 more outperform votes than Comstock Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote while only 58.16% of users gave Comstock Resources an outperform vote.
Comstock Resources has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kosmos Energy beats Comstock Resources on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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