PARR vs. SM, CPG, MGY, VRN, VIST, ERF, SSL, CNX, NOG, and CRK
Should you be buying Par Pacific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Par Pacific include SM Energy (SM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Veren (VRN), Vista Energy (VIST), Enerplus (ERF), Sasol (SSL), CNX Resources (CNX), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), and Comstock Resources (CRK). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Par Pacific (NYSE:PARR) and SM Energy (NYSE:SM) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
SM Energy has a net margin of 31.80% compared to Par Pacific's net margin of 5.71%. Par Pacific's return on equity of 35.02% beat SM Energy's return on equity.
SM Energy received 790 more outperform votes than Par Pacific when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.67% of users gave SM Energy an outperform vote while only 28.77% of users gave Par Pacific an outperform vote.
92.2% of Par Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of SM Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Par Pacific shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of SM Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Par Pacific has a beta of 2, indicating that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SM Energy has a beta of 4.16, indicating that its share price is 316% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SM Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Par Pacific. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for SM Energy and 4 mentions for Par Pacific. Par Pacific's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat SM Energy's score of 1.38 indicating that Par Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Par Pacific currently has a consensus price target of $39.25, suggesting a potential upside of 60.73%. SM Energy has a consensus price target of $54.57, suggesting a potential upside of 14.14%. Given Par Pacific's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Par Pacific is more favorable than SM Energy.
SM Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Par Pacific. Par Pacific is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SM Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SM Energy beats Par Pacific on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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