MGY vs. CPG, SSL, SM, ERF, VIST, VNOM, CNX, MUR, BSM, and CHRD
Should you be buying Magnolia Oil & Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Magnolia Oil & Gas include Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Sasol (SSL), SM Energy (SM), Enerplus (ERF), Vista Energy (VIST), Viper Energy (VNOM), CNX Resources (CNX), Murphy Oil (MUR), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), and Chord Energy (CHRD). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Crescent Point Energy (NYSE:CPG) and Magnolia Oil & Gas (NYSE:MGY) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Crescent Point Energy has a beta of 2.23, indicating that its share price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magnolia Oil & Gas has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Magnolia Oil & Gas had 9 more articles in the media than Crescent Point Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Magnolia Oil & Gas and 3 mentions for Crescent Point Energy. Magnolia Oil & Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Crescent Point Energy's score of 0.71 indicating that Crescent Point Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Crescent Point Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Magnolia Oil & Gas pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Crescent Point Energy pays out 48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Magnolia Oil & Gas pays out 25.4% 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. Crescent Point Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Magnolia Oil & Gas has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Crescent Point Energy received 108 more outperform votes than Magnolia Oil & Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.97% of users gave Magnolia Oil & Gas an outperform vote while only 60.19% of users gave Crescent Point Energy an outperform vote.
Crescent Point Energy presently has a consensus target price of $13.75, suggesting a potential upside of 58.32%. Magnolia Oil & Gas has a consensus target price of $27.63, suggesting a potential upside of 7.41%. Given Magnolia Oil & Gas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Crescent Point Energy is more favorable than Magnolia Oil & Gas.
Crescent Point Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Magnolia Oil & Gas. Crescent Point Energy 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.
Magnolia Oil & Gas has a net margin of 31.65% compared to Magnolia Oil & Gas' net margin of 15.40%. Crescent Point Energy's return on equity of 21.21% beat Magnolia Oil & Gas' return on equity.
49.4% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Magnolia Oil & Gas 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.
Summary
Magnolia Oil & Gas beats Crescent Point Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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