SilverBow Resources (NYSE:SBOW) and Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability and risk.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for SilverBow Resources and Devon Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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SilverBow Resources | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Devon Energy | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2.95 |
SilverBow Resources currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.11%. Devon Energy has a consensus price target of $18.2143, indicating a potential downside of 28.88%. Given SilverBow Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SilverBow Resources is more favorable than Devon Energy.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares SilverBow Resources and Devon Energy's gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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SilverBow Resources | $288.63 million | 0.34 | $114.66 million | $9.74 | 0.84 |
Devon Energy | $6.22 billion | 2.77 | $-355,000,000.00 | $1.38 | 18.56 |
SilverBow Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Devon Energy. SilverBow Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Devon Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
SilverBow Resources has a beta of 2.64, suggesting that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Devon Energy has a beta of 3.46, suggesting that its stock price is 246% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
55.7% of SilverBow Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Devon Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of SilverBow Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Devon Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares SilverBow Resources and Devon Energy's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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SilverBow Resources | -161.26% | -17.94% | -5.52% |
Devon Energy | -62.68% | 2.38% | 0.86% |
Summary
Devon Energy beats SilverBow Resources on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.