EC vs. FANG, WDS, DVN, CTRA, MRO, EQT, CVE, OVV, APA, and CHK
Should you be buying Ecopetrol stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecopetrol include Diamondback Energy (FANG), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Devon Energy (DVN), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Marathon Oil (MRO), EQT (EQT), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Ovintiv (OVV), APA (APA), and Chesapeake Energy (CHK). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 41.62% compared to Ecopetrol's net margin of 16.74%. Diamondback Energy's return on equity of 22.43% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.
Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diamondback Energy has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ecopetrol has higher revenue and earnings than Diamondback Energy. Ecopetrol is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diamondback Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.1%. Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Ecopetrol pays out 73.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diamondback Energy pays out 17.4% 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.
Diamondback Energy received 999 more outperform votes than Ecopetrol when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.91% of users gave Diamondback Energy an outperform vote while only 53.78% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote.
Ecopetrol presently has a consensus price target of $12.35, indicating a potential upside of 9.88%. Diamondback Energy has a consensus price target of $178.09, indicating a potential upside of 18.02%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than Ecopetrol.
1.3% of Ecopetrol shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Diamondback Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Ecopetrol. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Diamondback Energy and 8 mentions for Ecopetrol. Diamondback Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Ecopetrol's score of 0.71 indicating that Diamondback Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Diamondback Energy beats Ecopetrol on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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