MPO vs. WTI, SD, PROP, EPSN, MVO, PNRG, BATL, PED, PRT, and PVL
Should you be buying Midstates Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Midstates Petroleum include W&T Offshore (WTI), SandRidge Energy (SD), Prairie Operating (PROP), Epsilon Energy (EPSN), MV Oil Trust (MVO), PrimeEnergy Resources (PNRG), Battalion Oil (BATL), PEDEVCO (PED), PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT), and Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Midstates Petroleum (NYSE:MPO) and W&T Offshore (NYSE:WTI) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
96.1% of Midstates Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of W&T Offshore shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Midstates Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of W&T Offshore 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.
W&T Offshore has a consensus target price of $7.80, suggesting a potential upside of 231.91%. Given W&T Offshore's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe W&T Offshore is more favorable than Midstates Petroleum.
Midstates Petroleum received 9 more outperform votes than W&T Offshore when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.29% of users gave Midstates Petroleum an outperform vote while only 53.92% of users gave W&T Offshore an outperform vote.
Midstates Petroleum has a net margin of 14.67% compared to W&T Offshore's net margin of 2.93%. Midstates Petroleum's return on equity of 9.99% beat W&T Offshore's return on equity.
Midstates Petroleum has a beta of 2.13, meaning that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W&T Offshore has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, W&T Offshore had 15 more articles in the media than Midstates Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for W&T Offshore and 0 mentions for Midstates Petroleum. Midstates Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat W&T Offshore's score of -0.02 indicating that Midstates Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Midstates Petroleum has higher earnings, but lower revenue than W&T Offshore.
Summary
Midstates Petroleum beats W&T Offshore on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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