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Marathon Oil (MRO) Competitors

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$27.60
+0.09 (+0.33%)
(As of 11/5/2024 ET)

MRO vs. FANG, DVN, EQT, SWN, RRC, MTDR, SM, CRK, KOS, and EGY

Should you be buying Marathon Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marathon Oil include Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), EQT (EQT), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Range Resources (RRC), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Comstock Resources (CRK), Kosmos Energy (KOS), and VAALCO Energy (EGY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.

Marathon Oil vs.

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) and Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 37.51% compared to Marathon Oil's net margin of 22.12%. Diamondback Energy's return on equity of 19.54% beat Marathon Oil's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Diamondback Energy37.51% 19.54% 11.33%
Marathon Oil 22.12%13.81%7.84%

Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Marathon Oil pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Diamondback Energy pays out 18.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marathon Oil pays out 17.1% 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.

In the previous week, Diamondback Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Marathon Oil. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Diamondback Energy and 14 mentions for Marathon Oil. Diamondback Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Marathon Oil's score of 0.23 indicating that Diamondback Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Diamondback Energy
12 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Marathon Oil
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Diamondback Energy received 329 more outperform votes than Marathon Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.16% of users gave Diamondback Energy an outperform vote while only 65.93% of users gave Marathon Oil an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Diamondback EnergyOutperform Votes
1378
78.16%
Underperform Votes
385
21.84%
Marathon OilOutperform Votes
1049
65.93%
Underperform Votes
542
34.07%

Diamondback Energy presently has a consensus price target of $210.09, suggesting a potential upside of 19.62%. Marathon Oil has a consensus price target of $31.12, suggesting a potential upside of 12.79%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than Marathon Oil.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Diamondback Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Marathon Oil
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marathon Oil has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Diamondback Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Marathon Oil. Diamondback Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marathon Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Diamondback Energy$8.41B6.15$3.14B$19.359.08
Marathon Oil$6.70B2.31$1.55B$2.5710.74

90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of Marathon Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Marathon Oil shares are held 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.

Summary

Diamondback Energy beats Marathon Oil on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MRO vs. The Competition

MetricMarathon OilCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.44B$7.46B$7.74B$19.50B
Dividend Yield1.61%24.21%12.04%3.57%
P/E Ratio10.7419.2417.0841.04
Price / Sales2.314.8597.6714.39
Price / Cash4.206.7311.6017.26
Price / Book1.441.783.195.45
Net Income$1.55B$1.15B$933.67M$988.72M
7 Day Performance6.65%0.49%2.63%0.75%
1 Month Performance-4.79%-4.66%-0.47%0.42%
1 Year Performance0.51%-9.09%-0.74%24.68%

Marathon Oil Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRO
Marathon Oil
4.3815 of 5 stars
$27.60
+0.3%
$31.12
+12.7%
+0.2%$15.44B$6.70B10.741,681Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.5308 of 5 stars
$176.97
+0.8%
$210.09
+18.7%
+10.9%$31.56B$9.28B9.151,023Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Down
DVN
Devon Energy
4.9558 of 5 stars
$38.35
+0.6%
$52.53
+37.0%
-17.3%$24.01B$15.49B6.961,900Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
EQT
EQT
4.7432 of 5 stars
$38.57
+3.4%
$42.61
+10.5%
-17.7%$17.03B$4.58B24.41740Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SWN
Southwestern Energy
1.3361 of 5 stars
$7.11
flat
$7.98
+12.2%
-5.8%$7.84B$5.64B-4.091,165Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
RRC
Range Resources
4.8267 of 5 stars
$31.49
+1.6%
$35.00
+11.1%
-17.9%$7.64B$2.33B15.90540Positive News
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.7009 of 5 stars
$51.72
+2.4%
$75.31
+45.6%
-15.4%$6.46B$2.81B6.85290
SM
SM Energy
4.5568 of 5 stars
$42.43
+1.5%
$51.73
+21.9%
+1.2%$4.88B$2.44B6.11540Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
CRK
Comstock Resources
2.0312 of 5 stars
$12.36
+3.4%
$10.31
-16.6%
-12.9%$3.61B$1.37B-308.92251Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
KOS
Kosmos Energy
4.1958 of 5 stars
$3.85
+1.6%
$7.00
+81.8%
-52.1%$1.82B$1.90B7.26243Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
EGY
VAALCO Energy
3.7976 of 5 stars
$5.35
+0.9%
$8.00
+49.5%
+19.9%$555.01M$455.07M6.60120Upcoming Earnings

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