BRY vs. SD, EGY, WTI, SBOW, REPX, TTI, GPRK, TXO, DEC, and SOC
Should you be buying Berry stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berry include SandRidge Energy (SD), VAALCO Energy (EGY), W&T Offshore (WTI), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), TETRA Technologies (TTI), GeoPark (GPRK), TXO Partners (TXO), Diversified Energy (DEC), and Sable Offshore (SOC). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD) and Berry (NASDAQ:BRY) 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 risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
SandRidge Energy received 27 more outperform votes than Berry when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.94% of users gave Berry an outperform vote while only 51.16% of users gave SandRidge Energy an outperform vote.
SandRidge Energy has a net margin of 35.52% compared to SandRidge Energy's net margin of 0.41%. Berry's return on equity of 11.41% beat SandRidge Energy's return on equity.
SandRidge Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Berry pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. SandRidge Energy pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Berry pays out 4,800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SandRidge Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Berry has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Berry is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
SandRidge Energy has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berry has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Berry had 11 more articles in the media than SandRidge Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Berry and 1 mentions for SandRidge Energy. Berry's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat SandRidge Energy's score of 0.58 indicating that SandRidge Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
61.8% of SandRidge Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Berry shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of SandRidge Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Berry shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Berry has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.65%. Given SandRidge Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Berry is more favorable than SandRidge Energy.
SandRidge Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Berry. SandRidge Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Berry, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SandRidge Energy beats Berry on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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