EGY vs. SD, WTI, BRY, SBOW, PHX, REPX, AMPY, TXO, PNRG, and FLME
Should you be buying VAALCO Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VAALCO Energy include SandRidge Energy (SD), W&T Offshore (WTI), Berry (BRY), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), PHX Minerals (PHX), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), Amplify Energy (AMPY), TXO Partners (TXO), PrimeEnergy Resources (PNRG), and Flame Acquisition (FLME). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
VAALCO Energy (NYSE:EGY) and SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, VAALCO Energy and VAALCO Energy both had 1 articles in the media. SandRidge Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat VAALCO Energy's score of 0.21 indicating that SandRidge Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. SandRidge Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. VAALCO Energy pays out 67.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SandRidge Energy pays out 7.4% 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.
SandRidge Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than VAALCO Energy. SandRidge Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VAALCO Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SandRidge Energy received 40 more outperform votes than VAALCO Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.29% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote while only 51.35% of users gave SandRidge Energy an outperform vote.
VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SandRidge Energy has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SandRidge Energy has a net margin of 97.92% compared to VAALCO Energy's net margin of 9.56%. SandRidge Energy's return on equity of 27.76% beat VAALCO Energy's return on equity.
48.6% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.8% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
SandRidge Energy beats VAALCO Energy on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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