CIVI vs. CHRD, VNOM, MUR, MTDR, HESM, SWN, RRC, SM, CPG, and AR
Should you be buying Civitas Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Civitas Resources include Chord Energy (CHRD), Viper Energy (VNOM), Murphy Oil (MUR), Matador Resources (MTDR), Hess Midstream (HESM), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Range Resources (RRC), SM Energy (SM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), and Antero Resources (AR). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Civitas Resources (NYSE:CIVI) and Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.
Civitas Resources has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chord Energy has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Chord Energy has a net margin of 26.27% compared to Civitas Resources' net margin of 22.54%. Chord Energy's return on equity of 16.35% beat Civitas Resources' return on equity.
Civitas Resources received 297 more outperform votes than Chord Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.16% of users gave Civitas Resources an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Chord Energy an outperform vote.
Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Civitas Resources. Chord Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Civitas Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Chord Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Civitas Resources. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Chord Energy and 5 mentions for Civitas Resources. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Civitas Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Civitas Resources presently has a consensus target price of $99.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.77%. Chord Energy has a consensus target price of $191.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.19%. Given Civitas Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Civitas Resources is more favorable than Chord Energy.
Civitas Resources pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Civitas Resources pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chord Energy pays out 21.2% 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.
94.6% of Civitas Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Chord Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Civitas Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are held 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.
Summary
Chord Energy beats Civitas Resources on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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