MGY vs. CPG, SM, SSL, VIST, ERF, VNOM, NOG, MUR, CNX, and BSM
Should you be buying Magnolia Oil & Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Magnolia Oil & Gas include Crescent Point Energy (CPG), SM Energy (SM), Sasol (SSL), Vista Energy (VIST), Enerplus (ERF), Viper Energy (VNOM), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Murphy Oil (MUR), CNX Resources (CNX), and Black Stone Minerals (BSM). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Magnolia Oil & Gas (NYSE:MGY) and Crescent Point Energy (NYSE:CPG) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
Crescent Point Energy received 109 more outperform votes than Magnolia Oil & Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.69% of users gave Magnolia Oil & Gas an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave Crescent Point Energy an outperform vote.
94.7% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Magnolia Oil & Gas has a net margin of 30.46% compared to Crescent Point Energy's net margin of -1.95%. Magnolia Oil & Gas' return on equity of 20.41% beat Crescent Point Energy's return on equity.
Magnolia Oil & Gas has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Point Energy has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Crescent Point Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Magnolia Oil & Gas. Crescent Point Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Magnolia Oil & Gas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Magnolia Oil & Gas pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Crescent Point Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Magnolia Oil & Gas pays out 25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crescent Point Energy pays out -424.9% 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. Crescent Point Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Crescent Point Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Magnolia Oil & Gas. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Crescent Point Energy and 27 mentions for Magnolia Oil & Gas. Magnolia Oil & Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Crescent Point Energy's score of 0.36 indicating that Magnolia Oil & Gas is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Magnolia Oil & Gas presently has a consensus price target of $27.88, indicating a potential upside of 8.89%. Crescent Point Energy has a consensus price target of $13.81, indicating a potential upside of 60.80%. Given Crescent Point Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Point Energy is more favorable than Magnolia Oil & Gas.
Summary
Magnolia Oil & Gas beats Crescent Point Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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