PHX Minerals (PHX) Competitors

PHX Minerals (NYSE:PHX) and VAALCO Energy (NYSE:EGY) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PHX or EGY?

38.2% of PHX Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of PHX Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PHX or EGY?

PHX Minerals received 2 more outperform votes than VAALCO Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.46% of users gave PHX Minerals an outperform vote while only 60.14% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PHX Minerals	Outperform Votes 263 60.46%	Underperform Votes 172 39.54%
VAALCO Energy	Outperform Votes 261 60.14%	Underperform Votes 173 39.86%

Does the media prefer PHX or EGY?

In the previous week, VAALCO Energy had 2 more articles in the media than PHX Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for VAALCO Energy and 1 mentions for PHX Minerals. VAALCO Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat PHX Minerals' score of -0.36 indicating that VAALCO Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PHX Minerals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
VAALCO Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate PHX or EGY?

VAALCO Energy has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 137.04%. Given VAALCO Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VAALCO Energy is more favorable than PHX Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PHX Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
VAALCO Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PHX or EGY?

VAALCO Energy has higher revenue and earnings than PHX Minerals. VAALCO Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PHX Minerals, 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
PHX Minerals	$34.27M	4.34	$13.92M	$0.06	65.33
VAALCO Energy	$478.99M	0.74	$60.35M	$0.55	6.14

Is PHX or EGY more profitable?

VAALCO Energy has a net margin of 17.93% compared to PHX Minerals' net margin of 12.33%. VAALCO Energy's return on equity of 15.63% beat PHX Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PHX Minerals	12.33%	4.16%	3.12%
VAALCO Energy	17.93%	15.63%	8.72%

Which has more risk & volatility, PHX or EGY?

PHX Minerals has a beta of -0.01, indicating that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VAALCO Energy has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PHX or EGY a better dividend stock?

PHX Minerals pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. PHX Minerals pays out 266.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VAALCO Energy pays out 45.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VAALCO Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

VAALCO Energy beats PHX Minerals on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.