SWN vs. DVN, MRO, EQT, RRC, MTDR, SM, CRK, KOS, SBOW, and EGY
Should you be buying Southwestern Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southwestern Energy include Devon Energy (DVN), Marathon Oil (MRO), EQT (EQT), Range Resources (RRC), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Comstock Resources (CRK), Kosmos Energy (KOS), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), and VAALCO Energy (EGY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN) and Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Devon Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Southwestern Energy. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Devon Energy and 18 mentions for Southwestern Energy. Southwestern Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Devon Energy's score of 0.92 indicating that Southwestern Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Devon Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Southwestern Energy. Southwestern Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Devon Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Devon Energy has a net margin of 22.27% compared to Southwestern Energy's net margin of -32.93%. Devon Energy's return on equity of 29.02% beat Southwestern Energy's return on equity.
Southwestern Energy presently has a consensus target price of $8.42, indicating a potential upside of 28.88%. Devon Energy has a consensus target price of $59.13, indicating a potential upside of 27.56%. Given Southwestern Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Southwestern Energy is more favorable than Devon Energy.
Southwestern Energy has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Devon Energy has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Devon Energy received 421 more outperform votes than Southwestern Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.38% of users gave Devon Energy an outperform vote while only 56.81% of users gave Southwestern Energy an outperform vote.
87.0% of Southwestern Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Devon Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Southwestern Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Devon Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Devon Energy beats Southwestern Energy on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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