MGY vs. CPG, SM, SSL, VIST, NOG, ERF, VNOM, MUR, CNX, and CRC
Should you be buying Magnolia Oil & Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Magnolia Oil & Gas include Crescent Point Energy (CPG), SM Energy (SM), Sasol (SSL), Vista Energy (VIST), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Enerplus (ERF), Viper Energy (VNOM), Murphy Oil (MUR), CNX Resources (CNX), and California Resources (CRC). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Crescent Point Energy (NYSE:CPG) and Magnolia Oil & Gas (NYSE:MGY) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
Crescent Point Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Magnolia Oil & Gas pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Crescent Point Energy pays out 48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Magnolia Oil & Gas pays out 25.4% 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. Crescent Point Energy has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Magnolia Oil & Gas has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Crescent Point Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
49.4% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Crescent Point Energy has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magnolia Oil & Gas has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Crescent Point Energy received 109 more outperform votes than Magnolia Oil & Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.83% of users gave Magnolia Oil & Gas an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave Crescent Point Energy an outperform vote.
Crescent Point Energy presently has a consensus target price of $13.81, indicating a potential upside of 58.58%. Magnolia Oil & Gas has a consensus target price of $27.63, indicating a potential upside of 6.78%. Given Magnolia Oil & Gas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Crescent Point Energy is more favorable than Magnolia Oil & Gas.
Magnolia Oil & Gas has a net margin of 31.65% compared to Magnolia Oil & Gas' net margin of 15.40%. Crescent Point Energy's return on equity of 21.21% beat Magnolia Oil & Gas' return on equity.
In the previous week, Crescent Point Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Magnolia Oil & Gas. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Crescent Point Energy and 19 mentions for Magnolia Oil & Gas. Crescent Point Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Magnolia Oil & Gas' score of 0.46 indicating that Magnolia Oil & Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Crescent Point Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Magnolia Oil & Gas. Crescent Point Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Magnolia Oil & Gas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Magnolia Oil & Gas beats Crescent Point Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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