Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY) Competitors

Magnolia Oil & Gas (NYSE:MGY) and YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, MGY or YPF?

Magnolia Oil & Gas has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MGY or YPF a better dividend stock?

Magnolia Oil & Gas pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $0.1380 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Magnolia Oil & Gas pays out 29.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays out 3.2% 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. Magnolia Oil & Gas has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Magnolia Oil & Gas is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MGY or YPF?

94.7% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Magnolia Oil & Gas 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.

Does the media prefer MGY or YPF?

In the previous week, YPF Sociedad Anónima had 1 more articles in the media than Magnolia Oil & Gas. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima and 5 mentions for Magnolia Oil & Gas. Magnolia Oil & Gas' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.59 indicating that Magnolia Oil & Gas is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Magnolia Oil & Gas	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
YPF Sociedad Anónima	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MGY or YPF?

YPF Sociedad Anónima received 192 more outperform votes than Magnolia Oil & Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.48% of users gave YPF Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 59.06% of users gave Magnolia Oil & Gas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Magnolia Oil & Gas	Outperform Votes 277 59.06%	Underperform Votes 192 40.94%
YPF Sociedad Anónima	Outperform Votes 469 67.48%	Underperform Votes 226 32.52%

Is MGY or YPF more profitable?

Magnolia Oil & Gas has a net margin of 27.82% compared to YPF Sociedad Anónima's net margin of 4.15%. YPF Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 32.76% beat Magnolia Oil & Gas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Magnolia Oil & Gas	27.82%	20.74%	14.23%
YPF Sociedad Anónima	4.15%	32.76%	12.67%

Do analysts rate MGY or YPF?

Magnolia Oil & Gas currently has a consensus price target of $26.85, indicating a potential upside of 13.80%. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a consensus price target of $41.30, indicating a potential upside of 14.31%. Given YPF Sociedad Anónima's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe YPF Sociedad Anónima is more favorable than Magnolia Oil & Gas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Magnolia Oil & Gas	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
YPF Sociedad Anónima	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, MGY or YPF?

Magnolia Oil & Gas has higher earnings, but lower revenue than YPF Sociedad Anónima. YPF Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Magnolia Oil & Gas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Magnolia Oil & Gas	$1.35B	3.37	$388.30M	$2.01	11.74
YPF Sociedad Anónima	$19.45B	0.73	-$1.31B	$4.29	8.42

Summary

YPF Sociedad Anónima beats Magnolia Oil & Gas on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.