BSM vs. CNX, CRC, CRK, ERF, VIST, NOG, TALO, SSL, AESI, and VTLE
Should you be buying Black Stone Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Black Stone Minerals include CNX Resources (CNX), California Resources (CRC), Comstock Resources (CRK), Enerplus (ERF), Vista Energy (VIST), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Talos Energy (TALO), Sasol (SSL), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), and Vital Energy (VTLE). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
CNX Resources (NYSE:CNX) and Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, CNX Resources had 8 more articles in the media than Black Stone Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CNX Resources and 1 mentions for Black Stone Minerals. Black Stone Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat CNX Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that CNX Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Black Stone Minerals has a net margin of 70.46% compared to Black Stone Minerals' net margin of 40.44%. CNX Resources' return on equity of 42.38% beat Black Stone Minerals' return on equity.
CNX Resources presently has a consensus price target of $24.43, indicating a potential upside of 4.89%. Black Stone Minerals has a consensus price target of $19.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.96%. Given CNX Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Black Stone Minerals is more favorable than CNX Resources.
95.2% of CNX Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of CNX Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.6% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CNX Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Black Stone Minerals. CNX Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Black Stone Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CNX Resources has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Stone Minerals has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CNX Resources received 521 more outperform votes than Black Stone Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.65% of users gave CNX Resources an outperform vote while only 60.33% of users gave Black Stone Minerals an outperform vote.
Summary
CNX Resources beats Black Stone Minerals on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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