Southwestern Energy (SWN) Competitors

Matador Resources (NYSE:MTDR) and Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MTDR or SWN?

Southwestern Energy received 240 more outperform votes than Matador Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.06% of users gave Matador Resources an outperform vote while only 57.48% of users gave Southwestern Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Matador Resources	Outperform Votes 686 72.06%	Underperform Votes 266 27.94%
Southwestern Energy	Outperform Votes 926 57.48%	Underperform Votes 685 42.52%

Is MTDR or SWN more profitable?

Matador Resources has a net margin of 30.14% compared to Matador Resources' net margin of 23.87%. Southwestern Energy's return on equity of 21.54% beat Matador Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Matador Resources	30.14%	21.54%	11.56%
Southwestern Energy	23.87%	11.74%	5.81%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MTDR or SWN?

92.0% of Matador Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of Southwestern Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Matador Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Southwestern Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer MTDR or SWN?

Matador Resources presently has a consensus target price of $73.40, indicating a potential upside of 13.64%. Southwestern Energy has a consensus target price of $8.04, indicating a potential upside of 9.92%. Given Southwestern Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Matador Resources is more favorable than Southwestern Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Matador Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Southwestern Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Does the media favor MTDR or SWN?

In the previous week, Matador Resources had 9 more articles in the media than Southwestern Energy. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Matador Resources and 18 mentions for Southwestern Energy. Matador Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Southwestern Energy's score of 0.31 indicating that Southwestern Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Matador Resources	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Southwestern Energy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, MTDR or SWN?

Southwestern Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Matador Resources. Southwestern Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Matador Resources, 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
Matador Resources	$2.81B	2.75	$846.07M	$7.05	9.16
Southwestern Energy	$6.52B	1.23	$1.56B	$1.41	5.17

Which has more volatility and risk, MTDR or SWN?

Matador Resources has a beta of 3.32, suggesting that its share price is 232% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southwestern Energy has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Matador Resources beats Southwestern Energy on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.