MUR vs. VNOM, CHRD, HESM, MTDR, SWN, SM, RRC, SSL, CPG, and AR
Should you be buying Murphy Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Murphy Oil include Viper Energy (VNOM), Chord Energy (CHRD), Hess Midstream (HESM), Matador Resources (MTDR), Southwestern Energy (SWN), SM Energy (SM), Range Resources (RRC), Sasol (SSL), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), and Antero Resources (AR). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) and Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
78.3% of Murphy Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Viper Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Murphy Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Viper Energy shares are owned by company 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.
Viper Energy has a net margin of 24.17% compared to Murphy Oil's net margin of 19.12%. Murphy Oil's return on equity of 13.02% beat Viper Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Murphy Oil had 6 more articles in the media than Viper Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Murphy Oil and 5 mentions for Viper Energy. Viper Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Murphy Oil's score of 0.38 indicating that Viper Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Murphy Oil pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Viper Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Murphy Oil pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Viper Energy pays out 40.0% 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.
Viper Energy received 70 more outperform votes than Murphy Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.81% of users gave Viper Energy an outperform vote while only 48.31% of users gave Murphy Oil an outperform vote.
Murphy Oil has a beta of 2.21, indicating that its share price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viper Energy has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Murphy Oil presently has a consensus target price of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.22%. Viper Energy has a consensus target price of $39.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.49%. Given Murphy Oil's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Murphy Oil is more favorable than Viper Energy.
Murphy Oil has higher revenue and earnings than Viper Energy. Murphy Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viper Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Murphy Oil and Viper Energy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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