NOG vs. MRO, OVV, PR, CHK, APA, AR, RRC, SWN, HESM, and MTDR
Should you be buying Northern Oil and Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northern Oil and Gas include Marathon Oil (MRO), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), APA (APA), Antero Resources (AR), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Hess Midstream (HESM), and Matador Resources (MTDR). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO) and Northern Oil and Gas (NYSE:NOG) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.
Marathon Oil currently has a consensus price target of $33.14, suggesting a potential upside of 25.29%. Northern Oil and Gas has a consensus price target of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.05%. Given Northern Oil and Gas' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Marathon Oil is more favorable than Northern Oil and Gas.
In the previous week, Marathon Oil had 1 more articles in the media than Northern Oil and Gas. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Marathon Oil and 8 mentions for Northern Oil and Gas. Marathon Oil's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Northern Oil and Gas' score of 0.60 indicating that Northern Oil and Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marathon Oil received 996 more outperform votes than Northern Oil and Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.96% of users gave Marathon Oil an outperform vote while only 34.94% of users gave Northern Oil and Gas an outperform vote.
Marathon Oil pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Northern Oil and Gas pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Marathon Oil pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northern Oil and Gas pays out 25.9% 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. Marathon Oil has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Northern Oil and Gas has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
77.2% of Marathon Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Northern Oil and Gas shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Marathon Oil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Northern Oil and Gas shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Marathon Oil has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Oil and Gas has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Northern Oil and Gas has a net margin of 30.01% compared to Northern Oil and Gas' net margin of 21.83%. Marathon Oil's return on equity of 34.06% beat Northern Oil and Gas' return on equity.
Marathon Oil has higher revenue and earnings than Northern Oil and Gas. Northern Oil and Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marathon Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Marathon Oil beats Northern Oil and Gas on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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