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
SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD) and PHX Minerals (NYSE:PHX) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
SandRidge Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. PHX Minerals pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. SandRidge Energy pays out 25.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and PHX Minerals has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. SandRidge Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
61.8% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of PHX Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of SandRidge Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of PHX Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 media.
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 a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PHX Minerals has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:PHX) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
