SM vs. MTDR, SWN, KOS, CRK, RRC, MRO, EQT, CPG, MGY, and SSL
Should you be buying SM Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SM Energy include Matador Resources (MTDR), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Comstock Resources (CRK), Range Resources (RRC), Marathon Oil (MRO), EQT (EQT), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), and Sasol (SSL). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
SM Energy (NYSE:SM) and Matador Resources (NYSE:MTDR) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
SM Energy has a net margin of 34.45% compared to Matador Resources' net margin of 28.89%. SM Energy's return on equity of 20.74% beat Matador Resources' return on equity.
94.6% of SM Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Matador Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of SM Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Matador Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SM Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Matador Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. SM Energy pays out 10.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Matador Resources pays out 11.0% 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. SM Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
SM Energy has a beta of 4.21, meaning that its share price is 321% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matador Resources has a beta of 3.33, meaning that its share price is 233% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Matador Resources had 8 more articles in the media than SM Energy. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Matador Resources and 10 mentions for SM Energy. Matador Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat SM Energy's score of 0.47 indicating that Matador Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SM Energy received 119 more outperform votes than Matador Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.18% of users gave Matador Resources an outperform vote while only 65.83% of users gave SM Energy an outperform vote.
Matador Resources has higher revenue and earnings than SM Energy. SM Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Matador Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SM Energy presently has a consensus target price of $52.57, indicating a potential upside of 4.87%. Matador Resources has a consensus target price of $74.30, indicating a potential upside of 17.41%. Given Matador Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Matador Resources is more favorable than SM Energy.
Summary
Matador Resources beats SM Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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