NOG vs. ERF, VIST, CNX, SSL, CRC, BSM, CRK, MGY, KOS, and CPG
Should you be buying Northern Oil and Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northern Oil and Gas include Enerplus (ERF), Vista Energy (VIST), CNX Resources (CNX), Sasol (SSL), California Resources (CRC), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Comstock Resources (CRK), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Kosmos Energy (KOS), and Crescent Point Energy (CPG). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Enerplus (NYSE:ERF) and Northern Oil and Gas (NYSE:NOG) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Enerplus has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Oil and Gas has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Northern Oil and Gas has higher revenue and earnings than Enerplus. Northern Oil and Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enerplus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enerplus received 467 more outperform votes than Northern Oil and Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.85% of users gave Enerplus an outperform vote while only 35.37% of users gave Northern Oil and Gas an outperform vote.
58.4% of Enerplus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Northern Oil and Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Enerplus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Northern Oil and Gas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Enerplus currently has a consensus price target of $21.87, suggesting a potential upside of 9.51%. Northern Oil and Gas has a consensus price target of $47.90, suggesting a potential upside of 21.36%. Given Enerplus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Northern Oil and Gas is more favorable than Enerplus.
Enerplus pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Northern Oil and Gas pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Enerplus pays out 14.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northern Oil and Gas pays out 25.9% 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. Enerplus has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and 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.
Northern Oil and Gas has a net margin of 30.01% compared to Northern Oil and Gas' net margin of 24.09%. Enerplus' return on equity of 34.06% beat Northern Oil and Gas' return on equity.
In the previous week, Enerplus had 10 more articles in the media than Northern Oil and Gas. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Enerplus and 2 mentions for Northern Oil and Gas. Northern Oil and Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Enerplus' score of 0.67 indicating that Enerplus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Northern Oil and Gas beats Enerplus on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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