Sitio Royalties (STR) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, STR or UGI?

UGI has higher revenue and earnings than Sitio Royalties. Sitio Royalties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UGI, 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
Sitio Royalties	$593.36M	5.21	-$15.54M	-$0.06	-336.71
UGI	$7.32B	1.06	$269M	$2.43	14.84

Does the media favor STR or UGI?

In the previous week, UGI had 2 more articles in the media than Sitio Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for UGI and 7 mentions for Sitio Royalties. UGI's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Sitio Royalties' score of 0.00 indicating that UGI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sitio Royalties	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
UGI	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer STR or UGI?

Sitio Royalties currently has a consensus price target of $25.67, indicating a potential upside of 27.02%. UGI has a consensus price target of $31.33, indicating a potential downside of 13.09%. Given Sitio Royalties' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sitio Royalties is more favorable than UGI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sitio Royalties	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
UGI	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is STR or UGI more profitable?

UGI has a net margin of 7.73% compared to Sitio Royalties' net margin of -0.61%. UGI's return on equity of 15.19% beat Sitio Royalties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sitio Royalties	-0.61%	3.62%	2.67%
UGI	7.73%	15.19%	4.54%

Is STR or UGI a better dividend stock?

Sitio Royalties pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. UGI pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Sitio Royalties pays out -1,866.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UGI pays out 61.7% 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. UGI has raised its dividend for 37 consecutive years. Sitio Royalties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STR or UGI?

UGI received 83 more outperform votes than Sitio Royalties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.94% of users gave UGI an outperform vote while only 50.71% of users gave Sitio Royalties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sitio Royalties	Outperform Votes 143 50.71%	Underperform Votes 139 49.29%
UGI	Outperform Votes 226 53.94%	Underperform Votes 193 46.06%

Which has more volatility and risk, STR or UGI?

Sitio Royalties has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UGI has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of STR or UGI?

90.4% of Sitio Royalties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of UGI shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Sitio Royalties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of UGI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

UGI beats Sitio Royalties on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.