Diamondback Energy (FANG) Competitors

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Is FANG or COP more profitable?

Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 33.64% compared to ConocoPhillips' net margin of 16.23%. ConocoPhillips' return on equity of 17.26% beat Diamondback Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diamondback Energy	33.64%	13.68%	7.93%
ConocoPhillips	16.23%	17.26%	8.98%

Do analysts recommend FANG or COP?

Diamondback Energy currently has a consensus price target of $193.09, indicating a potential upside of 29.30%. ConocoPhillips has a consensus price target of $121.30, indicating a potential upside of 28.09%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than ConocoPhillips.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diamondback Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.05
ConocoPhillips	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in FANG or COP?

90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of ConocoPhillips shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, FANG or COP?

Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConocoPhillips has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, FANG or COP?

ConocoPhillips has higher revenue and earnings than Diamondback Energy. Diamondback Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConocoPhillips, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diamondback Energy	$12.84B	3.40	$3.14B	$16.35	9.13
ConocoPhillips	$57.41B	2.09	$9.25B	$7.87	12.03

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FANG or COP?

Diamondback Energy received 312 more outperform votes than ConocoPhillips when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.41% of users gave Diamondback Energy an outperform vote while only 66.83% of users gave ConocoPhillips an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diamondback Energy	Outperform Votes 1420 78.41%	Underperform Votes 391 21.59%
ConocoPhillips	Outperform Votes 1108 66.83%	Underperform Votes 550 33.17%

Does the media favor FANG or COP?

In the previous week, ConocoPhillips had 8 more articles in the media than Diamondback Energy. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for ConocoPhillips and 13 mentions for Diamondback Energy. Diamondback Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat ConocoPhillips' score of 1.17 indicating that Diamondback Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Diamondback Energy	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
ConocoPhillips	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FANG or COP a better dividend stock?

Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Diamondback Energy pays out 24.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ConocoPhillips pays out 39.6% 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. Diamondback Energy has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

Summary

Diamondback Energy beats ConocoPhillips on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.