CRGY vs. SWN, HESM, MTDR, CHRD, VNOM, MUR, SM, CPG, MGY, and VRN
Should you be buying Crescent Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crescent Energy include Southwestern Energy (SWN), Hess Midstream (HESM), Matador Resources (MTDR), Chord Energy (CHRD), Viper Energy (VNOM), Murphy Oil (MUR), SM Energy (SM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), and Veren (VRN). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN) and Crescent Energy (NYSE:CRGY) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and valuation.
Southwestern Energy received 910 more outperform votes than Crescent Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.09% of users gave Southwestern Energy an outperform vote while only 48.48% of users gave Crescent Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Southwestern Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Crescent Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Southwestern Energy and 2 mentions for Crescent Energy. Crescent Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Southwestern Energy's score of 1.26 indicating that Southwestern Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Southwestern Energy has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Energy has a beta of 2.2, indicating that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Southwestern Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Crescent Energy. Crescent Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southwestern Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Crescent Energy has a net margin of -0.67% compared to Crescent Energy's net margin of -32.93%. Southwestern Energy's return on equity of 12.90% beat Crescent Energy's return on equity.
Southwestern Energy currently has a consensus price target of $8.25, indicating a potential upside of 12.39%. Crescent Energy has a consensus price target of $16.63, indicating a potential upside of 34.29%. Given Southwestern Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Energy is more favorable than Southwestern Energy.
87.0% of Southwestern Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of Crescent Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Southwestern Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Crescent Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Southwestern Energy beats Crescent Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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