SBOW vs. BRY, SD, WTI, CRK, KOS, GRNT, VTS, SOC, DEC, and REPX
Should you be buying SilverBow Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SilverBow Resources include Berry (BRY), SandRidge Energy (SD), W&T Offshore (WTI), Comstock Resources (CRK), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT), Vitesse Energy (VTS), Sable Offshore (SOC), Diversified Energy (DEC), and Riley Exploration Permian (REPX). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
SilverBow Resources (NYSE:SBOW) and Berry (NASDAQ:BRY) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, SilverBow Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Berry. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for SilverBow Resources and 5 mentions for Berry. Berry's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat SilverBow Resources' score of 0.30 indicating that Berry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Berry received 8 more outperform votes than SilverBow Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.71% of users gave SilverBow Resources an outperform vote while only 55.94% of users gave Berry an outperform vote.
SilverBow Resources presently has a consensus price target of $44.50, indicating a potential upside of 44.95%. Berry has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.30%. Given SilverBow Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SilverBow Resources is more favorable than Berry.
91.8% of SilverBow Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Berry shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of SilverBow Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Berry shares are owned by company 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.
SilverBow Resources has a beta of 2.46, suggesting that its stock price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berry has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SilverBow Resources has a net margin of 45.64% compared to Berry's net margin of 4.14%. SilverBow Resources' return on equity of 14.50% beat Berry's return on equity.
SilverBow Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Berry. SilverBow Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Berry, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SilverBow Resources beats Berry on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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