SD vs. EGY, BRY, WTI, SBOW, GPRK, TXO, REPX, TTI, SOC, and DEC
Should you be buying SandRidge Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SandRidge Energy include VAALCO Energy (EGY), Berry (BRY), W&T Offshore (WTI), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), GeoPark (GPRK), TXO Partners (TXO), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Sable Offshore (SOC), and Diversified Energy (DEC). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD) and VAALCO Energy (NYSE:EGY) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, VAALCO Energy had 9 more articles in the media than SandRidge Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for VAALCO Energy and 2 mentions for SandRidge Energy. SandRidge Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat VAALCO Energy's score of 0.19 indicating that SandRidge Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
61.8% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SandRidge Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than VAALCO Energy. SandRidge Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VAALCO Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SandRidge Energy has a net margin of 40.94% compared to VAALCO Energy's net margin of 13.26%. SandRidge Energy's return on equity of 14.50% beat VAALCO Energy's return on equity.
SandRidge Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. SandRidge Energy pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VAALCO Energy pays out 44.6% 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.
SandRidge Energy has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SandRidge Energy received 32 more outperform votes than VAALCO Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.05% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote while only 51.16% of users gave SandRidge Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
SandRidge Energy beats VAALCO Energy on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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