VNOM vs. MUR, CHRD, MTDR, HESM, SWN, SM, CPG, MGY, RRC, and AR
Should you be buying Viper Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viper Energy include Murphy Oil (MUR), Chord Energy (CHRD), Matador Resources (MTDR), Hess Midstream (HESM), Southwestern Energy (SWN), SM Energy (SM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Range Resources (RRC), and Antero Resources (AR). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) and Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Viper Energy currently has a consensus price target of $41.29, indicating a potential upside of 11.25%. Murphy Oil has a consensus price target of $50.64, indicating a potential upside of 14.64%. Given Murphy Oil's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Murphy Oil is more favorable than Viper Energy.
Viper Energy has a net margin of 24.24% compared to Murphy Oil's net margin of 19.12%. Murphy Oil's return on equity of 13.02% beat Viper Energy's return on equity.
Viper Energy received 71 more outperform votes than Murphy Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.95% of users gave Viper Energy an outperform vote while only 48.43% of users gave Murphy Oil an outperform vote.
Viper Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Murphy Oil pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Viper Energy pays out 39.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Murphy Oil pays out 28.4% 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.
Viper Energy has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Murphy Oil has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.7% of Viper Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Murphy Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Viper Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Murphy Oil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Murphy Oil has higher revenue and earnings than Viper Energy. Murphy Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viper Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Viper Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Murphy Oil. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Viper Energy and 14 mentions for Murphy Oil. Viper Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Murphy Oil's score of 0.07 indicating that Viper Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Viper Energy beats Murphy Oil on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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