ESTE vs. CRK, KOS, VIST, ERF, CNX, CPE, VET, CRGY, BSM, and CPG
Should you be buying Earthstone Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Earthstone Energy include Comstock Resources (CRK), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Vista Energy (VIST), Enerplus (ERF), CNX Resources (CNX), Callon Petroleum (CPE), Vermilion Energy (VET), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), and Crescent Point Energy (CPG). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Earthstone Energy (NYSE:ESTE) and Comstock Resources (NYSE:CRK) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Earthstone Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Comstock Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Earthstone Energy pays out 4.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Comstock Resources pays out 22.3% 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.
Earthstone Energy received 106 more outperform votes than Comstock Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.13% of users gave Earthstone Energy an outperform vote while only 58.84% of users gave Comstock Resources an outperform vote.
Earthstone Energy currently has a consensus price target of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.28%. Comstock Resources has a consensus price target of $13.75, indicating a potential upside of 36.61%. Given Comstock Resources' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Comstock Resources is more favorable than Earthstone Energy.
In the previous week, Comstock Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Earthstone Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Comstock Resources and 1 mentions for Earthstone Energy. Earthstone Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Comstock Resources' score of -0.03 indicating that Earthstone Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Earthstone Energy has a beta of 2.07, suggesting that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comstock Resources has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
69.9% of Earthstone Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.6% of Comstock Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Earthstone Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Comstock Resources shares are held 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.
Comstock Resources has a net margin of 30.01% compared to Earthstone Energy's net margin of 25.40%. Earthstone Energy's return on equity of 22.08% beat Comstock Resources' return on equity.
Comstock Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Earthstone Energy. Comstock Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Earthstone Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Earthstone Energy beats Comstock Resources on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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