AMPY vs. WTI, PNRG, PROP, EPSN, MVO, BATL, PED, GPRK, SD, and TXO
Should you be buying Amplify Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amplify Energy include W&T Offshore (WTI), PrimeEnergy Resources (PNRG), Prairie Operating (PROP), Epsilon Energy (EPSN), MV Oil Trust (MVO), Battalion Oil (BATL), PEDEVCO (PED), GeoPark (GPRK), SandRidge Energy (SD), and TXO Partners (TXO). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Amplify Energy (NYSE:AMPY) and W&T Offshore (NYSE:WTI) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, W&T Offshore had 8 more articles in the media than Amplify Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for W&T Offshore and 1 mentions for Amplify Energy. W&T Offshore's average media sentiment score of -0.12 beat Amplify Energy's score of -1.00 indicating that W&T Offshore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Amplify Energy has a net margin of 122.36% compared to W&T Offshore's net margin of 2.93%. Amplify Energy's return on equity of 10.50% beat W&T Offshore's return on equity.
42.8% of Amplify Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Amplify Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Amplify Energy currently has a consensus price target of $9.25, suggesting a potential upside of 23.83%. W&T Offshore has a consensus price target of $7.90, suggesting a potential upside of 225.10%. Given W&T Offshore's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe W&T Offshore is more favorable than Amplify Energy.
Amplify Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than W&T Offshore. Amplify Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W&T Offshore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
W&T Offshore received 268 more outperform votes than Amplify Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Amplify Energy an outperform vote while only 53.83% of users gave W&T Offshore an outperform vote.
Amplify Energy has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W&T Offshore has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Amplify Energy beats W&T Offshore on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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