Black Stone Minerals (BSM) Competitors

Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM) and Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts recommend BSM or CHRD?

Black Stone Minerals currently has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.38%. Chord Energy has a consensus target price of $148.54, suggesting a potential upside of 44.48%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than Black Stone Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Black Stone Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Chord Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BSM or CHRD?

Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Black Stone Minerals. Black Stone Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chord Energy, 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
Black Stone Minerals	$433.70M	6.06	$271.33M	$1.16	10.74
Chord Energy	$5.25B	1.12	$848.63M	$3.93	26.16

Does the media favor BSM or CHRD?

In the previous week, Black Stone Minerals had 2 more articles in the media than Chord Energy. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Black Stone Minerals and 13 mentions for Chord Energy. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Black Stone Minerals' score of 1.10 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Black Stone Minerals	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chord Energy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BSM or CHRD more profitable?

Black Stone Minerals has a net margin of 61.21% compared to Chord Energy's net margin of 5.02%. Black Stone Minerals' return on equity of 39.67% beat Chord Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Black Stone Minerals	61.21%	39.67%	26.22%
Chord Energy	5.02%	9.02%	5.97%

Is BSM or CHRD a better dividend stock?

Black Stone Minerals pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Black Stone Minerals pays out 103.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chord Energy pays out 132.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chord Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Black Stone Minerals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, BSM or CHRD?

Black Stone Minerals has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chord Energy has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BSM or CHRD?

14.5% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Chord Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Chord Energy beats Black Stone Minerals on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.