PHX vs. SD, EGY, WTI, BRY, COP, EOG, FANG, EQT, DVN, and RRC
Should you be buying PHX Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PHX Minerals include SandRidge Energy (SD), Vaalco Energy (EGY), W&T Offshore (WTI), Berry (BRY), ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), EQT (EQT), Devon Energy (DVN), and Range Resources (RRC). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
PHX Minerals vs. Its Competitors
PHX Minerals (NYSE:PHX) and SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
38.2% of PHX Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of PHX Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PHX Minerals pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. SandRidge Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. PHX Minerals pays out 84.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SandRidge Energy pays out 25.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PHX Minerals has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and SandRidge Energy has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. SandRidge Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, SandRidge Energy had 2 more articles in the media than PHX Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for SandRidge Energy and 0 mentions for PHX Minerals. SandRidge Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat PHX Minerals' score of 0.00 indicating that SandRidge Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PHX Minerals has a beta of 0.05, indicating that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SandRidge Energy has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SandRidge Energy has a net margin of 47.17% compared to PHX Minerals' net margin of 20.08%. SandRidge Energy's return on equity of 9.05% beat PHX Minerals' return on equity.
SandRidge Energy has higher revenue and earnings than PHX Minerals. SandRidge 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.
Summary
SandRidge Energy beats PHX Minerals on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PHX) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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