Black Stone Minerals (BSM) Competitors

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

Is CHRD or BSM a better dividend stock?

Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Black Stone Minerals pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. 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. 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Black Stone Minerals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is CHRD or BSM 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
Chord Energy	5.02%	9.02%	5.97%
Black Stone Minerals	61.21%	39.67%	26.22%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CHRD or BSM?

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
Chord Energy	$5.25B	1.08	$848.63M	$3.93	25.22
Black Stone Minerals	$433.70M	6.52	$271.33M	$1.16	11.50

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

97.8% of Chord Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, CHRD or BSM?

Chord Energy has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Stone Minerals has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CHRD or BSM?

Chord Energy currently has a consensus target price of $144.67, indicating a potential upside of 45.94%. Black Stone Minerals has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.59%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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
Chord Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Black Stone Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to CHRD or BSM?

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Black Stone Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Chord Energy and 0 mentions for Black Stone Minerals. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Black Stone Minerals' score of -1.00 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Chord Energy	Positive
Black Stone Minerals	Negative

Summary

Chord Energy beats Black Stone Minerals on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.