MGY vs. YPF, AR, PR, OVV, VNOM, SUN, HESM, APA, CHRD, and VIST
Should you be buying Magnolia Oil & Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Magnolia Oil & Gas include YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Antero Resources (AR), Permian Resources (PR), Ovintiv (OVV), Viper Energy (VNOM), Sunoco (SUN), Hess Midstream (HESM), APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), and Vista Energy (VIST). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Magnolia Oil & Gas vs.
YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) and Magnolia Oil & Gas (NYSE:MGY) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Magnolia Oil & Gas has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus price target of $41.30, suggesting a potential upside of 14.36%. Magnolia Oil & Gas has a consensus price target of $27.14, suggesting a potential upside of 24.91%. Given Magnolia Oil & Gas' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Magnolia Oil & Gas is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anónima.
YPF Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $0.1380 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Magnolia Oil & Gas pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays out 3.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Magnolia Oil & Gas pays out 29.9% 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 raised 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.
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.
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 59.19% of users gave Magnolia Oil & Gas an outperform vote.
YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magnolia Oil & Gas has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Magnolia Oil & Gas had 11 more articles in the media than YPF Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Magnolia Oil & Gas and 13 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima. YPF Sociedad Anónima's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Magnolia Oil & Gas' score of 0.92 indicating that YPF Sociedad Anónima is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Magnolia Oil & Gas beats YPF Sociedad Anónima on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MGY) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff