SWN vs. MTDR, RRC, SM, CRK, KOS, MRO, EQT, DVN, CHRD, and VNOM
Should you be buying Southwestern Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southwestern Energy include Matador Resources (MTDR), Range Resources (RRC), SM Energy (SM), Comstock Resources (CRK), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Marathon Oil (MRO), EQT (EQT), Devon Energy (DVN), Chord Energy (CHRD), and Viper Energy (VNOM). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN) and Matador Resources (NYSE:MTDR) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
87.0% of Southwestern Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Matador Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Southwestern Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Matador Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Southwestern Energy has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matador Resources has a beta of 3.33, indicating that its share price is 233% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Matador Resources has a net margin of 28.89% compared to Southwestern Energy's net margin of -32.93%. Matador Resources' return on equity of 20.62% beat Southwestern Energy's return on equity.
Southwestern Energy presently has a consensus price target of $8.25, suggesting a potential upside of 11.33%. Matador Resources has a consensus price target of $74.80, suggesting a potential upside of 22.32%. Given Matador Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Matador Resources is more favorable than Southwestern Energy.
Southwestern Energy received 235 more outperform votes than Matador Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.20% of users gave Matador Resources an outperform vote while only 57.16% of users gave Southwestern Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Southwestern Energy had 20 more articles in the media than Matador Resources. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Southwestern Energy and 4 mentions for Matador Resources. Matador Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Southwestern Energy's score of 0.48 indicating that Matador Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Southwestern Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Matador Resources. Southwestern Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Matador Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Matador Resources beats Southwestern Energy on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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