Sitio Royalties (STR) Competitors

National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) and Sitio Royalties (NYSE:STR) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Which has more risk & volatility, NFG or STR?

National Fuel Gas has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sitio Royalties has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NFG or STR?

National Fuel Gas received 308 more outperform votes than Sitio Royalties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.47% of users gave National Fuel Gas an outperform vote while only 50.71% of users gave Sitio Royalties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Fuel Gas	Outperform Votes 450 64.47%	Underperform Votes 248 35.53%
Sitio Royalties	Outperform Votes 142 50.71%	Underperform Votes 138 49.29%

Does the media refer more to NFG or STR?

In the previous week, National Fuel Gas had 16 more articles in the media than Sitio Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for National Fuel Gas and 1 mentions for Sitio Royalties. National Fuel Gas' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Sitio Royalties' score of 0.00 indicating that National Fuel Gas is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Fuel Gas	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sitio Royalties	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NFG or STR?

74.0% of National Fuel Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Sitio Royalties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of National Fuel Gas shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Sitio Royalties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NFG or STR more profitable?

National Fuel Gas has a net margin of -0.53% compared to Sitio Royalties' net margin of -0.61%. National Fuel Gas' return on equity of 15.96% beat Sitio Royalties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Fuel Gas	-0.53%	15.96%	5.68%
Sitio Royalties	-0.61%	3.62%	2.67%

Is NFG or STR a better dividend stock?

National Fuel Gas pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Sitio Royalties pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. National Fuel Gas pays out -1,471.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sitio Royalties pays out -1,866.4% 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. National Fuel Gas has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years. Sitio Royalties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer NFG or STR?

National Fuel Gas currently has a consensus target price of $74.67, suggesting a potential downside of 2.68%. Sitio Royalties has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.72%. Given Sitio Royalties' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sitio Royalties is more favorable than National Fuel Gas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Fuel Gas	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Sitio Royalties	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has better earnings and valuation, NFG or STR?

National Fuel Gas has higher revenue and earnings than Sitio Royalties. National Fuel Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sitio Royalties, 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
National Fuel Gas	$1.97B	3.53	$77.51M	-$0.14	-548.00
Sitio Royalties	$593.36M	4.36	-$15.54M	-$0.06	-281.85

Summary

National Fuel Gas beats Sitio Royalties on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.