MRO vs. FANG, DVN, EQT, RRC, SWN, MTDR, SM, CRK, KOS, and SBOW
Should you be buying Marathon Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marathon Oil include Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), EQT (EQT), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Comstock Resources (CRK), Kosmos Energy (KOS), and SilverBow Resources (SBOW). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) and Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
Diamondback Energy received 320 more outperform votes than Marathon Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.15% of users gave Diamondback Energy an outperform vote while only 65.83% of users gave Marathon Oil an outperform vote.
Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 36.71% compared to Diamondback Energy's net margin of 21.83%. Marathon Oil's return on equity of 19.36% beat Diamondback Energy's return on equity.
Diamondback Energy currently has a consensus target price of $207.80, indicating a potential upside of 9.20%. Marathon Oil has a consensus target price of $32.86, indicating a potential upside of 17.91%. Given Diamondback Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Marathon Oil is more favorable than Diamondback Energy.
In the previous week, Diamondback Energy and Diamondback Energy both had 14 articles in the media. Marathon Oil's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Diamondback Energy's score of 0.82 indicating that Diamondback Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Marathon Oil pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Diamondback Energy pays out 20.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marathon Oil pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Diamondback Energy has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Marathon Oil has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Diamondback Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of Marathon Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Marathon Oil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Diamondback Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Marathon Oil. Diamondback Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marathon Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marathon Oil has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Diamondback Energy beats Marathon Oil on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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