SilverBow Resources (SBOW) Competitors

SilverBow Resources (NYSE:SBOW) and Berry (NASDAQ:BRY) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Is SBOW or BRY more profitable?

SilverBow Resources has a net margin of 61.53% compared to Berry's net margin of 26.86%. SilverBow Resources' return on equity of 37.43% beat Berry's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SilverBow Resources	61.53%	37.43%	17.30%
Berry	26.86%	18.02%	8.94%

Do analysts prefer SBOW or BRY?

SilverBow Resources presently has a consensus price target of $54.67, indicating a potential upside of 63.72%. Berry has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.10%. Given SilverBow Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe SilverBow Resources is more favorable than Berry.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SilverBow Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Berry	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to SBOW or BRY?

In the previous week, SilverBow Resources and SilverBow Resources both had 2 articles in the media. SilverBow Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Berry's score of 1.05 indicating that SilverBow Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SilverBow Resources	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Berry	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, SBOW or BRY?

SilverBow Resources has a beta of 2.38, indicating that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berry has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SBOW or BRY?

Berry received 15 more outperform votes than SilverBow Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.87% of users gave SilverBow Resources an outperform vote while only 56.30% of users gave Berry an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SilverBow Resources	Outperform Votes 244 63.87%	Underperform Votes 138 36.13%
Berry	Outperform Votes 259 56.30%	Underperform Votes 201 43.70%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SBOW or BRY?

87.4% of SilverBow Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Berry shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of SilverBow Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Berry shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SBOW or BRY?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SilverBow Resources	$753.42M	1.00	$340.44M	$19.21	1.74
Berry	$918.34M	0.64	$250.17M	$3.49	2.21

Summary

SilverBow Resources beats Berry on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.