SWN vs. MTDR, RRC, SM, KOS, CRK, MRO, EQT, HESM, CHRD, and VNOM
Should you be buying Southwestern Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southwestern Energy include Matador Resources (MTDR), Range Resources (RRC), SM Energy (SM), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Comstock Resources (CRK), Marathon Oil (MRO), EQT (EQT), Hess Midstream (HESM), Chord Energy (CHRD), and Viper Energy (VNOM). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN) and Matador Resources (NYSE:MTDR) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Southwestern Energy currently has a consensus target price of $8.14, suggesting a potential upside of 5.60%. Matador Resources has a consensus target price of $74.30, suggesting a potential upside of 13.24%. Given Matador Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Matador Resources is more favorable than Southwestern Energy.
Southwestern Energy received 236 more outperform votes than Matador Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.18% of users gave Matador Resources an outperform vote while only 57.34% of users gave Southwestern Energy an outperform vote.
Matador Resources has a net margin of 28.89% compared to Southwestern Energy's net margin of 23.87%. Matador Resources' return on equity of 20.62% beat Southwestern Energy's return on equity.
Southwestern Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Matador Resources. Southwestern Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Matador Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.0% of Southwestern Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Matador Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Southwestern Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Matador Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Matador Resources had 24 more articles in the media than Southwestern Energy. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Matador Resources and 15 mentions for Southwestern Energy. Southwestern Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Matador Resources' score of 0.57 indicating that Southwestern Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Southwestern Energy has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matador Resources has a beta of 3.32, suggesting that its share price is 232% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Matador Resources beats Southwestern Energy on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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