BSM vs. CNX, KOS, CRC, CRK, TALO, VIST, ERF, AESI, NOG, and VTLE
Should you be buying Black Stone Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Black Stone Minerals include CNX Resources (CNX), Kosmos Energy (KOS), California Resources (CRC), Comstock Resources (CRK), Talos Energy (TALO), Vista Energy (VIST), Enerplus (ERF), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), and Vital Energy (VTLE). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM) and CNX Resources (NYSE:CNX) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
14.5% of Black Stone Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of CNX Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 19.6% of Black Stone Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of CNX Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, CNX Resources had 16 more articles in the media than Black Stone Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for CNX Resources and 3 mentions for Black Stone Minerals. CNX Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Black Stone Minerals' score of 0.27 indicating that CNX Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Black Stone Minerals has a net margin of 70.46% compared to CNX Resources' net margin of 50.34%. Black Stone Minerals' return on equity of 42.38% beat CNX Resources' return on equity.
CNX Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Black Stone Minerals. CNX Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Black Stone Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Black Stone Minerals has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNX Resources has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CNX Resources received 521 more outperform votes than Black Stone Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.65% of users gave CNX Resources an outperform vote while only 60.33% of users gave Black Stone Minerals an outperform vote.
Black Stone Minerals presently has a consensus target price of $19.33, suggesting a potential upside of 22.13%. CNX Resources has a consensus target price of $24.43, suggesting a potential upside of 3.60%. Given Black Stone Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Black Stone Minerals is more favorable than CNX Resources.
Summary
CNX Resources beats Black Stone Minerals on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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