MUSA vs. RRC, SWN, WFRD, HESM, MTDR, CHRD, MUR, VNOM, AM, and AR
Should you be buying Murphy USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Murphy USA include Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Weatherford International (WFRD), Hess Midstream (HESM), Matador Resources (MTDR), Chord Energy (CHRD), Murphy Oil (MUR), Viper Energy (VNOM), Antero Midstream (AM), and Antero Resources (AR). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) and Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Murphy USA presently has a consensus target price of $408.60, suggesting a potential upside of 1.50%. Range Resources has a consensus target price of $36.62, suggesting a potential downside of 1.43%. Given Murphy USA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Murphy USA is more favorable than Range Resources.
Range Resources received 658 more outperform votes than Murphy USA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.12% of users gave Murphy USA an outperform vote while only 59.87% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote.
Murphy USA has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Range Resources has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Murphy USA pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Range Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Murphy USA pays out 7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Range Resources pays out 16.2% 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.
Range Resources has a net margin of 17.00% compared to Murphy USA's net margin of 2.43%. Murphy USA's return on equity of 64.45% beat Range Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Murphy USA had 2 more articles in the media than Range Resources. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Murphy USA and 14 mentions for Range Resources. Range Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Murphy USA's score of 0.00 indicating that Range Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
80.8% of Murphy USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Range Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Murphy USA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Range Resources shares are held 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.
Range Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Murphy USA. Murphy USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Range Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Murphy USA and Range Resources tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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