CRK vs. KOS, SBOW, BRY, SM, SWN, MTDR, RRC, AESI, TALO, and CRGY
Should you be buying Comstock Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comstock Resources include Kosmos Energy (KOS), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), Berry (BRY), SM Energy (SM), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), Range Resources (RRC), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Talos Energy (TALO), and Crescent Energy (CRGY). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) and Comstock Resources (NYSE:CRK) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Kosmos Energy received 70 more outperform votes than Comstock Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote while only 58.16% of users gave Comstock Resources an outperform vote.
Comstock Resources has a net margin of 13.49% compared to Comstock Resources' net margin of 12.55%. Comstock Resources' return on equity of 39.94% beat Kosmos Energy's return on equity.
Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comstock Resources has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kosmos Energy presently has a consensus price target of $9.63, suggesting a potential upside of 65.24%. Comstock Resources has a consensus price target of $9.75, suggesting a potential downside of 5.34%. Given Comstock Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Comstock Resources.
In the previous week, Comstock Resources had 9 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Comstock Resources and 1 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Comstock Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Kosmos Energy's score of -0.17 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.3% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of Comstock Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Comstock Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Comstock Resources. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comstock Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kosmos Energy beats Comstock Resources on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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