VNOM vs. MUR, CHRD, SM, SWN, AR, RRC, HESM, MTDR, MGY, and CPG
Should you be buying Viper Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viper Energy include Murphy Oil (MUR), Chord Energy (CHRD), SM Energy (SM), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Antero Resources (AR), Range Resources (RRC), Hess Midstream (HESM), Matador Resources (MTDR), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), and Crescent Point Energy (CPG). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) and Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Viper Energy currently has a consensus target price of $37.58, suggesting a potential downside of 2.28%. Murphy Oil has a consensus target price of $46.90, suggesting a potential upside of 2.60%. Given Murphy Oil's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Murphy Oil is more favorable than Viper Energy.
Viper Energy has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Murphy Oil has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Viper Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Murphy Oil. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Viper Energy and 4 mentions for Murphy Oil. Murphy Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Viper Energy's score of 0.16 indicating that Murphy Oil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Murphy Oil has higher revenue and earnings than Viper Energy. Murphy Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viper Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.7% of Viper Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Murphy Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Viper Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Murphy Oil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Viper Energy received 71 more outperform votes than Murphy Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.72% of users gave Viper Energy an outperform vote while only 48.24% of users gave Murphy Oil an outperform vote.
Viper Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Murphy Oil pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Viper Energy pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Murphy Oil pays out 28.4% 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.
Viper Energy has a net margin of 24.17% compared to Murphy Oil's net margin of 19.12%. Murphy Oil's return on equity of 13.02% beat Viper Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Murphy Oil beats Viper Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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