SBOW vs. EGY, BRY, SD, WTI, CRK, GRNT, DEC, VTS, REPX, and SOC
Should you be buying SilverBow Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SilverBow Resources include VAALCO Energy (EGY), Berry (BRY), SandRidge Energy (SD), W&T Offshore (WTI), Comstock Resources (CRK), Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT), Diversified Energy (DEC), Vitesse Energy (VTS), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), and Sable Offshore (SOC). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
SilverBow Resources (NYSE:SBOW) and VAALCO Energy (NYSE:EGY) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
SilverBow Resources has a net margin of 24.41% compared to VAALCO Energy's net margin of 13.26%. SilverBow Resources' return on equity of 16.48% beat VAALCO Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, SilverBow Resources had 11 more articles in the media than VAALCO Energy. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for SilverBow Resources and 9 mentions for VAALCO Energy. VAALCO Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat SilverBow Resources' score of 0.48 indicating that VAALCO Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SilverBow Resources has a beta of 2.52, meaning that its share price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
VAALCO Energy received 1 more outperform votes than SilverBow Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.89% of users gave SilverBow Resources an outperform vote while only 60.05% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote.
SilverBow Resources currently has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.39%. Given SilverBow Resources' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SilverBow Resources is more favorable than VAALCO Energy.
91.8% of SilverBow Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of SilverBow Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SilverBow Resources has higher revenue and earnings than VAALCO Energy. SilverBow Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VAALCO Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SilverBow Resources beats VAALCO Energy on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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