PHX vs. WTI, PROP, EPSN, MVO, VOC, BATL, PED, PNRG, PVL, and PRT
Should you be buying PHX Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PHX Minerals include W&T Offshore (WTI), Prairie Operating (PROP), Epsilon Energy (EPSN), MV Oil Trust (MVO), VOC Energy Trust (VOC), Battalion Oil (BATL), PEDEVCO (PED), PrimeEnergy Resources (PNRG), Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL), and PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
W&T Offshore (NYSE:WTI) and PHX Minerals (NYSE:PHX) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and valuation.
W&T Offshore received 12 more outperform votes than PHX Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.99% of users gave PHX Minerals an outperform vote while only 53.92% of users gave W&T Offshore an outperform vote.
W&T Offshore pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. PHX Minerals pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. W&T Offshore pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PHX Minerals pays out 30.8% 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. PHX Minerals has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. PHX Minerals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, W&T Offshore had 7 more articles in the media than PHX Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for W&T Offshore and 8 mentions for PHX Minerals. W&T Offshore's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat PHX Minerals' score of -0.09 indicating that PHX Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
W&T Offshore has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PHX Minerals has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
W&T Offshore has higher revenue and earnings than PHX Minerals. PHX Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W&T Offshore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PHX Minerals has a net margin of 31.31% compared to PHX Minerals' net margin of 2.93%. W&T Offshore's return on equity of 6.78% beat PHX Minerals' return on equity.
W&T Offshore currently has a consensus price target of $7.80, indicating a potential upside of 230.51%. PHX Minerals has a consensus price target of $5.20, indicating a potential upside of 53.39%. Given PHX Minerals' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe W&T Offshore is more favorable than PHX Minerals.
42.9% of W&T Offshore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of PHX Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 33.5% of W&T Offshore shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of PHX Minerals shares are held 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.
Summary
PHX Minerals beats W&T Offshore on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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