NOG vs. SSL, ERF, VIST, CRC, CNX, MGY, BSM, CPG, SM, and KOS
Should you be buying Northern Oil and Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northern Oil and Gas include Sasol (SSL), Enerplus (ERF), Vista Energy (VIST), California Resources (CRC), CNX Resources (CNX), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), SM Energy (SM), and Kosmos Energy (KOS). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Sasol (NYSE:SSL) and Northern Oil and Gas (NYSE:NOG) 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 community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Northern Oil and Gas has a consensus price target of $47.40, suggesting a potential upside of 18.38%. Given Sasol's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Northern Oil and Gas is more favorable than Sasol.
Sasol has a beta of 2.42, meaning that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Oil and Gas has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Northern Oil and Gas has a net margin of 30.01% compared to Northern Oil and Gas' net margin of 0.00%. Sasol's return on equity of 34.06% beat Northern Oil and Gas' return on equity.
Sasol received 330 more outperform votes than Northern Oil and Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.99% of users gave Sasol an outperform vote while only 34.57% of users gave Northern Oil and Gas an outperform vote.
Northern Oil and Gas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sasol.
In the previous week, Northern Oil and Gas had 21 more articles in the media than Sasol. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Northern Oil and Gas and 1 mentions for Sasol. Sasol's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Northern Oil and Gas' score of -0.51 indicating that Northern Oil and Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
1.2% of Sasol shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Northern Oil and Gas shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Sasol shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Northern Oil and Gas shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sasol pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Northern Oil and Gas pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Northern Oil and Gas pays out 25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northern Oil and Gas has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Northern Oil and Gas is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Northern Oil and Gas beats Sasol on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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