MPO vs. WTI, SD, PROP, EPSN, MVO, PNRG, BATL, PED, PRT, and PVL
Should you be buying Midstates Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Midstates Petroleum include W&T Offshore (WTI), SandRidge Energy (SD), Prairie Operating (PROP), Epsilon Energy (EPSN), MV Oil Trust (MVO), PrimeEnergy Resources (PNRG), Battalion Oil (BATL), PEDEVCO (PED), PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT), and Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Midstates Petroleum (NYSE:MPO) and W&T Offshore (NYSE:WTI) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Midstates Petroleum has higher earnings, but lower revenue than W&T Offshore.
In the previous week, W&T Offshore had 13 more articles in the media than Midstates Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for W&T Offshore and 0 mentions for Midstates Petroleum. Midstates Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat W&T Offshore's score of -0.12 indicating that Midstates Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Midstates Petroleum received 9 more outperform votes than W&T Offshore when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.29% of users gave Midstates Petroleum an outperform vote while only 53.92% of users gave W&T Offshore an outperform vote.
Midstates Petroleum has a net margin of 14.67% compared to W&T Offshore's net margin of 2.93%. Midstates Petroleum's return on equity of 9.99% beat W&T Offshore's return on equity.
Midstates Petroleum has a beta of 2.13, meaning that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W&T Offshore has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
W&T Offshore has a consensus price target of $7.80, suggesting a potential upside of 224.32%. Given W&T Offshore's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe W&T Offshore is more favorable than Midstates Petroleum.
96.1% of Midstates Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Midstates Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Midstates Petroleum beats W&T Offshore on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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