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NYSE:MTDR

Matador Resources - MTDR Competitors

$47.60
+0.70 (+1.49%)
(As of 03/29/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$46.81
$48.06
50-Day Range
$43.45
$68.74
52-Week Range
$41.17
$73.78
Volume
1.14 million shs
Average Volume
1.71 million shs
Market Capitalization
$5.67 billion
P/E Ratio
4.70
Dividend Yield
1.26%
Price Target
$68.63

MTDR vs. PDCE, SWN, RRC, SM, KOS, CRK, CPE, EQT, MRO, and PR

Should you be buying Matador Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matador Resources include PDC Energy (PDCE), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Range Resources (RRC), SM Energy (SM), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Comstock Resources (CRK), Callon Petroleum (CPE), EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), and Permian Resources (PR). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.

Matador Resources vs.

Matador Resources (NYSE:MTDR) and PDC Energy (NASDAQ:PDCE) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and community ranking.

Matador Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. PDC Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Matador Resources pays out 5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PDC Energy pays out 8.6% 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.

87.0% of Matador Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of PDC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of Matador Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of PDC Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

PDC Energy has a net margin of 46.24% compared to Matador Resources' net margin of 39.71%. Matador Resources' return on equity of 44.14% beat PDC Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Matador Resources 39.71% 44.14% 24.81%
PDC Energy 46.24% 42.84% 20.47%

PDC Energy received 385 more outperform votes than Matador Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.49% of users gave PDC Energy an outperform vote while only 72.84% of users gave Matador Resources an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Matador ResourcesOutperform Votes
665
72.84%
Underperform Votes
248
27.16%
PDC EnergyOutperform Votes
1050
75.49%
Underperform Votes
341
24.51%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Matador Resources$3.06 billion1.85$1.21 billion$10.134.70
PDC Energy$3.85 billion1.46$1.78 billion$18.503.44

In the previous week, Matador Resources had 4 more articles in the media than PDC Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Matador Resources and 6 mentions for PDC Energy. PDC Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Matador Resources' score of 0.64 indicating that PDC Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Matador Resources
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PDC Energy
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Matador Resources presently has a consensus target price of $68.63, suggesting a potential upside of 44.17%. PDC Energy has a consensus target price of $83.33, suggesting a potential upside of 31.05%. Given Matador Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Matador Resources is more favorable than PDC Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Matador Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
PDC Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Matador Resources has a beta of 3.55, indicating that its stock price is 255% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PDC Energy has a beta of 2.54, indicating that its stock price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Matador Resources beats PDC Energy 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 MTDR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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.
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MTDR vs. The Competition

MetricMatador ResourcesCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.67B$7.45B$6.02B$14.43B
Dividend Yield1.34%18.72%10.95%3.92%
P/E Ratio4.703.4658.9720.49
Price / Sales1.854.947,626.7710.89
Price / Cash3.057.2632.6416.41
Price / Book1.702.647.456.83
Net Income$1.21B$1.65B$1.09B$867.49M
7 Day Performance3.98%3.48%1.98%2.53%
1 Month Performance-11.51%-6.52%-5.58%-5.27%
1 Year Performance-14.25%-10.87%6.25%-14.47%

Matador Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PDCE
PDC Energy
2.7417 of 5 stars
$63.59
+2.8%
$83.33
+31.0%
-14.6%$5.62B$3.85B3.44535Analyst Revision
SWN
Southwestern Energy
2.5854 of 5 stars
$4.92
+0.8%
$8.84
+79.8%
-29.7%$5.42B$15.00B2.931,118Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
RRC
Range Resources
3.3218 of 5 stars
$25.27
+0.8%
$33.74
+33.5%
-18.2%$6.08B$4.15B5.37527Analyst Report
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
SM
SM Energy
3.1524 of 5 stars
$27.76
+0.8%
$41.73
+50.3%
-32.3%$3.38B$3.36B3.10506Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
KOS
Kosmos Energy
2.1565 of 5 stars
$7.29
+0.7%
$9.42
+29.3%
+6.0%$3.35B$2.30B15.19229Short Interest ↑
CRK
Comstock Resources
2.9658 of 5 stars
$10.52
-1.5%
$15.28
+45.2%
-19.1%$2.92B$3.63B2.62205Analyst Revision
CPE
Callon Petroleum
2.0929 of 5 stars
$33.11
+1.8%
$58.88
+77.8%
-45.7%$2.04B$3.23B1.69322Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
EQT
EQT
3.1151 of 5 stars
$31.45
+1.8%
$52.29
+66.3%
-7.5%$11.33B$7.50B7.65693Analyst Report
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MRO
Marathon Oil
3.496 of 5 stars
$23.64
+1.6%
$33.81
+43.0%
-5.4%$14.88B$8.04B4.551,570Analyst Report
Insider Selling
Analyst Revision
PR
Permian Resources
3.3277 of 5 stars
$10.23
+3.0%
$14.00
+36.9%
N/A$5.72B$2.13B6.35N/AGap Up
This page (NYSE:MTDR) was last updated on 3/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff