Brigham Minerals (NYSE:MNRL) Vs. MTDR, MGY, RRC, MUR, VNOM, SWN, SM, CPG, DEN, and CRC
Should you be buying Brigham Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brigham Minerals include Matador Resources (MTDR), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Range Resources (RRC), Murphy Oil (MUR), Viper Energy Partners (VNOM), Southwestern Energy (SWN), SM Energy (SM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Denbury (DEN), and California Resources (CRC). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Brigham Minerals vs.
Magnolia Oil & Gas (NYSE:MGY) and Brigham Minerals (NYSE:MNRL) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Magnolia Oil & Gas had 9 more articles in the media than Brigham Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Magnolia Oil & Gas and 2 mentions for Brigham Minerals. Magnolia Oil & Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Brigham Minerals' score of 0.00 indicating that Magnolia Oil & Gas is being referred to more favorably in the media.
67.9% of Brigham Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Brigham Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Magnolia Oil & Gas pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Brigham Minerals pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Magnolia Oil & Gas pays out 9.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brigham Minerals pays out -1,454.4% 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. Magnolia Oil & Gas has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Brigham Minerals has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Brigham Minerals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Magnolia Oil & Gas has a net margin of 33.08% compared to Brigham Minerals' net margin of 0.29%. Magnolia Oil & Gas' return on equity of 35.78% beat Brigham Minerals' return on equity.
Magnolia Oil & Gas has a beta of 2.46, meaning that its stock price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brigham Minerals has a beta of 2.29, meaning that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Magnolia Oil & Gas currently has a consensus price target of $20.94, suggesting a potential upside of 5.51%. Brigham Minerals has a consensus price target of $23.29, suggesting a potential upside of 8.81%. Given Brigham Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brigham Minerals is more favorable than Magnolia Oil & Gas.
Brigham Minerals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Magnolia Oil & Gas. Brigham Minerals 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 received 164 more outperform votes than Brigham Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.07% of users gave Brigham Minerals an outperform vote while only 64.72% of users gave Magnolia Oil & Gas an outperform vote.
Summary
Magnolia Oil & Gas beats Brigham Minerals on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MNRL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Brigham Minerals (NYSE:MNRL) vs. Its Competitors
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