Midstates Petroleum (MPO) Competitors

Berry (NASDAQ:BRY) and Midstates Petroleum (NYSE:MPO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BRY or MPO?

94.9% of Berry shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Midstates Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Berry shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Midstates Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BRY or MPO?

Midstates Petroleum has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Berry.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Berry	$783.84M	0.25	$37.40M	$0.25	10.28
Midstates Petroleum	$208.64M	0.27	$49.78M	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to BRY or MPO?

In the previous week, Berry had 8 more articles in the media than Midstates Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Berry and 0 mentions for Midstates Petroleum. Berry's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Midstates Petroleum's score of 0.00 indicating that Berry is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Berry	Positive
Midstates Petroleum	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BRY or MPO?

Midstates Petroleum received 25 more outperform votes than Berry when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.29% of users gave Midstates Petroleum an outperform vote while only 55.70% of users gave Berry an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Berry	Outperform Votes 259 55.70%	Underperform Votes 206 44.30%
Midstates Petroleum	Outperform Votes 284 65.29%	Underperform Votes 151 34.71%

Which has more risk and volatility, BRY or MPO?

Berry has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Midstates Petroleum has a beta of 2.13, meaning that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BRY or MPO?

Berry presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 94.55%. Given Berry's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Berry is more favorable than Midstates Petroleum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Berry	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Midstates Petroleum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is BRY or MPO more profitable?

Midstates Petroleum has a net margin of 14.67% compared to Berry's net margin of 9.40%. Midstates Petroleum's return on equity of 9.99% beat Berry's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Berry	9.40%	6.50%	2.98%
Midstates Petroleum	14.67%	9.99%	8.41%

Summary

Midstates Petroleum beats Berry on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.