GPRK vs. SD, TXO, REPX, TTI, SOC, EGY, DEC, BRY, VTS, and GFR
Should you be buying GeoPark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GeoPark include SandRidge Energy (SD), TXO Partners (TXO), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Sable Offshore (SOC), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Diversified Energy (DEC), Berry (BRY), Vitesse Energy (VTS), and Greenfire Resources (GFR). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
GeoPark (NYSE:GPRK) and SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.
SandRidge Energy has a net margin of 40.94% compared to GeoPark's net margin of 14.69%. GeoPark's return on equity of 79.78% beat SandRidge Energy's return on equity.
GeoPark has higher revenue and earnings than SandRidge Energy. GeoPark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SandRidge Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GeoPark pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. SandRidge Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. GeoPark pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SandRidge Energy pays out 26.8% 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.
GeoPark received 34 more outperform votes than SandRidge Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.65% of users gave GeoPark an outperform vote while only 51.16% of users gave SandRidge Energy an outperform vote.
GeoPark has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SandRidge Energy has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
68.2% of GeoPark shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of GeoPark shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned 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.
GeoPark presently has a consensus target price of $13.17, indicating a potential upside of 35.95%. Given GeoPark's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe GeoPark is more favorable than SandRidge Energy.
In the previous week, GeoPark had 2 more articles in the media than SandRidge Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for GeoPark and 1 mentions for SandRidge Energy. GeoPark's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat SandRidge Energy's score of 0.41 indicating that GeoPark is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
GeoPark beats SandRidge Energy on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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