MTDR vs. DVN, MRO, EQT, RRC, SWN, SM, CRK, KOS, SBOW, and EGY
Should you be buying Matador Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matador Resources include Devon Energy (DVN), Marathon Oil (MRO), EQT (EQT), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), SM Energy (SM), Comstock Resources (CRK), Kosmos Energy (KOS), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), and VAALCO Energy (EGY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
Matador Resources (NYSE:MTDR) and Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Matador Resources has a net margin of 29.01% compared to Devon Energy's net margin of 22.27%. Devon Energy's return on equity of 29.02% beat Matador Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Matador Resources had 23 more articles in the media than Devon Energy. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Matador Resources and 20 mentions for Devon Energy. Devon Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Matador Resources' score of 0.67 indicating that Devon Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
92.0% of Matador Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Devon Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Matador Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Devon Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Matador Resources currently has a consensus target price of $78.08, indicating a potential upside of 27.09%. Devon Energy has a consensus target price of $59.13, indicating a potential upside of 27.73%. Given Devon Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Devon Energy is more favorable than Matador Resources.
Matador Resources has a beta of 3.29, suggesting that its share price is 229% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Devon Energy has a beta of 2.07, suggesting that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Matador Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Devon Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Matador Resources pays out 11.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Devon Energy 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 received 646 more outperform votes than Matador Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.42% of users gave Matador Resources an outperform vote while only 71.42% of users gave Devon Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Devon Energy beats Matador Resources on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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