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SM vs. AROC, HESM, MGY, MPC, MTDR, MUR, OVV, PR, VTLE, and RRC

Should you be buying SM Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SM Energy include Archrock (AROC), Hess Midstream Partners (HESM), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), Vital Energy (VTLE), and Range Resources (RRC). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

SM Energy vs. Its Competitors

Archrock (NYSE:AROC) and SM Energy (NYSE:SM) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Archrock and Archrock both had 8 articles in the media. SM Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Archrock's score of 1.47 indicating that SM Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Archrock
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SM Energy
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

95.5% of Archrock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of SM Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Archrock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of SM Energy shares are owned 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.

Archrock has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SM Energy has a beta of 2.29, meaning that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.

SM Energy has a net margin of 25.94% compared to Archrock's net margin of 17.17%. Archrock's return on equity of 18.74% beat SM Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Archrock17.17% 18.74% 6.28%
SM Energy 25.94%18.06%9.08%

SM Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Archrock. SM Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Archrock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Archrock$1.16B3.76$172.23M$1.3218.76
SM Energy$3.10B1.06$770.29M$7.084.03

Archrock pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. SM Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Archrock pays out 63.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SM Energy pays out 11.3% 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. Archrock has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and SM Energy has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Archrock currently has a consensus price target of $28.40, indicating a potential upside of 14.68%. SM Energy has a consensus price target of $42.50, indicating a potential upside of 48.84%. Given SM Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SM Energy is more favorable than Archrock.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Archrock
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
SM Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

Summary

SM Energy beats Archrock on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SM vs. The Competition

MetricSM EnergyOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.27B$7.77B$8.00B$21.26B
Dividend Yield2.91%4.85%10.85%3.53%
P/E Ratio4.027.6774.7629.27
Price / Sales1.0610.3025,848.9553.51
Price / Cash1.9614.5036.0223.64
Price / Book0.722.204.095.38
Net Income$770.29M$568.61M$4.27B$996.59M
7 Day Performance10.50%5.05%3.13%2.93%
1 Month Performance-0.57%-0.44%1.31%2.79%
1 Year Performance-38.02%-8.43%11.19%12.70%

SM Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SM
SM Energy
4.3353 of 5 stars
$28.58
+2.0%
$42.50
+48.7%
-39.3%$3.29B$3.10B4.04540Positive News
AROC
Archrock
4.2061 of 5 stars
$24.14
+1.2%
$28.40
+17.7%
+21.4%$4.24B$1.16B18.281,300Positive News
HESM
Hess Midstream Partners
3.9862 of 5 stars
$40.83
-0.8%
$45.80
+12.2%
+12.1%$8.58B$1.50B15.12200News Coverage
Positive News
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.6298 of 5 stars
$23.27
-1.4%
$26.67
+14.6%
-2.8%$4.44B$1.32B12.18210Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MPC
Marathon Petroleum
4.6554 of 5 stars
$162.79
+0.3%
$185.29
+13.8%
+4.6%$49.49B$140.41B24.1518,300Positive News
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.695 of 5 stars
$46.83
-0.2%
$67.60
+44.4%
-12.7%$5.83B$3.77B6.86290News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.925 of 5 stars
$22.36
-2.7%
$29.69
+32.8%
-34.9%$3.19B$3.03B11.59690Positive News
OVV
Ovintiv
4.6205 of 5 stars
$39.11
-0.7%
$53.33
+36.4%
-4.0%$10.05B$9.15B17.311,623News Coverage
Positive News
PR
Permian Resources
4.3769 of 5 stars
$13.31
-1.0%
$18.47
+38.7%
-1.4%$10.65B$5.00B8.64220Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
VTLE
Vital Energy
2.425 of 5 stars
$15.56
+1.5%
$28.20
+81.3%
-52.5%$601.98M$1.95B-0.79290News Coverage
Positive News
RRC
Range Resources
4.9116 of 5 stars
$33.09
-3.8%
$42.85
+29.5%
+13.9%$7.88B$2.42B16.63540

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