SBOW vs. EGY, BRY, SD, WTI, KOS, CRK, GRNT, VTS, SOC, and DEC
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), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Comstock Resources (CRK), Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT), Vitesse Energy (VTS), Sable Offshore (SOC), and Diversified Energy (DEC). 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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
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.
SilverBow Resources presently has a consensus target price of $45.33, indicating a potential upside of 20.95%. Given SilverBow Resources' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SilverBow Resources is more favorable than VAALCO Energy.
SilverBow Resources has a beta of 2.52, suggesting that its share price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SilverBow Resources had 27 more articles in the media than VAALCO Energy. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for SilverBow Resources and 1 mentions for VAALCO Energy. VAALCO Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat SilverBow Resources' score of 0.56 indicating that VAALCO Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
91.8% of SilverBow Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of SilverBow Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of VAALCO Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
SilverBow Resources and VAALCO Energy both received 254 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 63.98% of users gave SilverBow Resources an outperform vote while only 60.05% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote.
SilverBow Resources has a net margin of 24.41% compared to VAALCO Energy's net margin of 13.60%. SilverBow Resources' return on equity of 16.48% beat VAALCO Energy's return on equity.
Summary
SilverBow Resources beats VAALCO Energy on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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