Matador Resources (MTDR) Competitors

Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) and Matador Resources (NYSE:MTDR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DVN or MTDR?

Devon Energy received 655 more outperform votes than Matador Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.13% of users gave Matador Resources an outperform vote while only 70.85% of users gave Devon Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Devon Energy	Outperform Votes 1390 70.85%	Underperform Votes 572 29.15%
Matador Resources	Outperform Votes 735 73.13%	Underperform Votes 270 26.87%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in DVN or MTDR?

69.7% of Devon Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Matador Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Devon Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Matador Resources shares are held by 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.

Do analysts prefer DVN or MTDR?

Devon Energy currently has a consensus target price of $43.71, suggesting a potential upside of 41.13%. Matador Resources has a consensus target price of $69.44, suggesting a potential upside of 60.55%. Given Matador Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Matador Resources is more favorable than Devon Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Devon Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61
Matador Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Is DVN or MTDR more profitable?

Matador Resources has a net margin of 25.26% compared to Devon Energy's net margin of 18.14%. Devon Energy's return on equity of 22.52% beat Matador Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Devon Energy	18.14%	22.52%	11.02%
Matador Resources	25.26%	18.52%	9.71%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DVN or MTDR?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Devon Energy	$16.80B	1.18	$3.75B	$4.39	7.05
Matador Resources	$3.70B	1.46	$846.07M	$7.45	5.81

Is DVN or MTDR a better dividend stock?

Devon Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Matador Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Devon Energy pays out 21.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Matador Resources pays out 16.8% 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. Devon Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Matador Resources has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to DVN or MTDR?

In the previous week, Devon Energy had 19 more articles in the media than Matador Resources. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Devon Energy and 21 mentions for Matador Resources. Devon Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Matador Resources' score of 1.29 indicating that Devon Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Devon Energy	26 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Matador Resources	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, DVN or MTDR?

Devon Energy has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Matador Resources has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Matador Resources beats Devon Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.