VAALCO Energy (EGY) Competitors

SilverBow Resources (NYSE:SBOW) and VAALCO Energy (NYSE:EGY) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SBOW or EGY?

VAALCO Energy received 2 more outperform votes than SilverBow Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.82% of users gave SilverBow Resources an outperform vote while only 60.24% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SilverBow Resources	Outperform Votes 254 63.82%	Underperform Votes 144 36.18%
VAALCO Energy	Outperform Votes 256 60.24%	Underperform Votes 169 39.76%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SBOW or EGY?

91.8% of SilverBow Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of SilverBow Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SBOW or EGY more profitable?

SilverBow Resources has a net margin of 24.41% compared to SilverBow Resources' net margin of 13.60%. VAALCO Energy's return on equity of 16.48% beat SilverBow Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SilverBow Resources	24.41%	16.48%	7.66%
VAALCO Energy	13.60%	14.04%	7.89%

Do analysts prefer SBOW or EGY?

SilverBow Resources presently has a consensus price target of $45.33, indicating a potential upside of 16.60%. Given VAALCO Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SilverBow Resources is more favorable than VAALCO Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SilverBow Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
VAALCO Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, SBOW or EGY?

SilverBow Resources has a beta of 2.52, indicating that its share price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SBOW or EGY?

In the previous week, SilverBow Resources and SilverBow Resources both had 7 articles in the media. VAALCO Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat SilverBow Resources' score of 0.73 indicating that SilverBow Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SilverBow Resources	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
VAALCO Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, SBOW or EGY?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SilverBow Resources	$652.36M	1.52	$297.72M	$7.40	5.25
VAALCO Energy	$455.07M	1.42	$60.35M	$0.60	10.40

Summary

SilverBow Resources beats VAALCO Energy on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.