AMPY vs. WTI, PNRG, GFR, PROP, PHX, EPSN, MVO, BATL, PED, and TTI
Should you be buying Amplify Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amplify Energy include W&T Offshore (WTI), PrimeEnergy Resources (PNRG), Greenfire Resources (GFR), Prairie Operating (PROP), PHX Minerals (PHX), Epsilon Energy (EPSN), MV Oil Trust (MVO), Battalion Oil (BATL), PEDEVCO (PED), and TETRA Technologies (TTI). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
W&T Offshore (NYSE:WTI) and Amplify Energy (NYSE:AMPY) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, W&T Offshore had 2 more articles in the media than Amplify Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for W&T Offshore and 9 mentions for Amplify Energy. W&T Offshore's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Amplify Energy's score of -0.62 indicating that Amplify Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Amplify Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than W&T Offshore. W&T Offshore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amplify Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
W&T Offshore presently has a consensus target price of $7.80, indicating a potential upside of 225.68%. Amplify Energy has a consensus target price of $9.83, indicating a potential upside of 58.60%. Given Amplify Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe W&T Offshore is more favorable than Amplify Energy.
W&T Offshore received 268 more outperform votes than Amplify Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.64% of users gave Amplify Energy an outperform vote while only 53.92% of users gave W&T Offshore an outperform vote.
42.9% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Amplify Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.5% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Amplify Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Amplify Energy has a net margin of 10.06% compared to Amplify Energy's net margin of -4.04%. W&T Offshore's return on equity of 8.29% beat Amplify Energy's return on equity.
W&T Offshore has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amplify Energy has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Amplify Energy beats W&T Offshore on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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