SM vs. KOS, CRK, CPE, SWN, PDCE, MTDR, RRC, EQT, BSM, and ERF
Should you be buying SM Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SM Energy include Kosmos Energy (KOS), Comstock Resources (CRK), Callon Petroleum (CPE), Southwestern Energy (SWN), PDC Energy (PDCE), Matador Resources (MTDR), Range Resources (RRC), EQT (EQT), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), and Enerplus (ERF). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
SM Energy vs.
SM Energy (NYSE:SM) and Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
SM Energy presently has a consensus target price of $41.73, suggesting a potential upside of 50.31%. Kosmos Energy has a consensus target price of $130.51, suggesting a potential upside of 1,690.21%. Given Kosmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than SM Energy.
SM Energy received 279 more outperform votes than Kosmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.47% of users gave SM Energy an outperform vote while only 65.64% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.
SM Energy has a beta of 4.42, indicating that its share price is 342% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.77, indicating that its share price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SM Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for SM Energy and 4 mentions for Kosmos Energy. SM Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 0.35 indicating that SM Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SM Energy has a net margin of 33.11% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 9.85%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 66.00% beat SM Energy's return on equity.
SM Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Kosmos Energy. SM Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kosmos Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.5% of SM Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of SM Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
SM Energy beats Kosmos Energy on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
SM Energy Competitors List
