Seadrill (SDRL) Competitors

Seadrill (NYSE:SDRL) and Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has better earnings & valuation, SDRL or CHRD?

Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Seadrill. Seadrill is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chord Energy, 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
Seadrill	$1.35B	1.31	$300M	$5.29	5.38
Chord Energy	$5.38B	1.09	$1.02B	$14.95	6.81

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SDRL or CHRD?

Seadrill received 459 more outperform votes than Chord Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.60% of users gave Seadrill an outperform vote while only 60.38% of users gave Chord Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Seadrill	Outperform Votes 523 60.60%	Underperform Votes 340 39.40%
Chord Energy	Outperform Votes 64 60.38%	Underperform Votes 42 39.62%

Does the media prefer SDRL or CHRD?

In the previous week, Seadrill and Seadrill both had 4 articles in the media. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Seadrill's score of 0.70 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Seadrill	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chord Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is SDRL or CHRD more profitable?

Seadrill has a net margin of 27.79% compared to Chord Energy's net margin of 19.74%. Chord Energy's return on equity of 12.88% beat Seadrill's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seadrill	27.79%	7.24%	5.12%
Chord Energy	19.74%	12.88%	8.91%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SDRL or CHRD?

95.7% of Seadrill shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Chord Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Seadrill shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SDRL or CHRD a better dividend stock?

Seadrill pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.0%. Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Seadrill pays out 75.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chord Energy pays out 34.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chord Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, SDRL or CHRD?

Seadrill has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chord Energy has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SDRL or CHRD?

Seadrill presently has a consensus price target of $50.75, suggesting a potential upside of 78.20%. Chord Energy has a consensus price target of $153.77, suggesting a potential upside of 50.96%. Given Seadrill's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Seadrill is more favorable than Chord Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seadrill	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Chord Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Summary

Chord Energy beats Seadrill on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.