MUR vs. VNOM, CHRD, MTDR, HESM, SM, CPG, SWN, MGY, RRC, and SSL
Should you be buying Murphy Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Murphy Oil include Viper Energy (VNOM), Chord Energy (CHRD), Matador Resources (MTDR), Hess Midstream (HESM), SM Energy (SM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Range Resources (RRC), and Sasol (SSL). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) and Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Viper Energy has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Murphy Oil has a beta of 2.22, indicating that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Viper Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Murphy Oil pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Viper Energy pays out 39.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Murphy Oil pays out 28.4% 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. Murphy Oil has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Murphy Oil has higher revenue and earnings than Viper Energy. Murphy Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viper Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Viper Energy currently has a consensus target price of $41.14, indicating a potential upside of 10.81%. Murphy Oil has a consensus target price of $50.64, indicating a potential upside of 13.76%. Given Viper Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Murphy Oil is more favorable than Viper Energy.
In the previous week, Viper Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Murphy Oil. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Viper Energy and 12 mentions for Murphy Oil. Murphy Oil's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Viper Energy's score of -0.04 indicating that Viper Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Viper Energy received 71 more outperform votes than Murphy Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.95% of users gave Viper Energy an outperform vote while only 48.43% of users gave Murphy Oil an outperform vote.
87.7% of Viper Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Murphy Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Viper Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Murphy Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Viper Energy has a net margin of 24.24% compared to Viper Energy's net margin of 19.12%. Viper Energy's return on equity of 13.02% beat Murphy Oil's return on equity.
Summary
Viper Energy beats Murphy Oil on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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