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TALO vs. APA, CHRD, FANG, DVN, MGY, MTDR, MUR, OVV, PR, and SM

Should you be buying Talos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Talos Energy include APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), and SM Energy (SM). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Talos Energy vs. Its Competitors

APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Talos Energy (NYSE:TALO) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

APA has higher revenue and earnings than Talos Energy. APA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Talos Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
APA$9.74B0.69$804M$2.786.64
Talos Energy$1.97B0.71-$76.39M$0.1552.93

APA has a net margin of 9.75% compared to Talos Energy's net margin of 1.27%. APA's return on equity of 23.22% beat Talos Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
APA9.75% 23.22% 7.63%
Talos Energy 1.27%-0.24%-0.10%

83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of Talos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of APA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Talos Energy shares are owned by 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.

APA currently has a consensus target price of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.30%. Talos Energy has a consensus target price of $14.25, suggesting a potential upside of 79.47%. Given Talos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Talos Energy is more favorable than APA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
APA
3 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Talos Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, APA and APA both had 6 articles in the media. Talos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat APA's score of 0.62 indicating that Talos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
APA
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Talos Energy
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

APA has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Talos Energy has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

APA beats Talos Energy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TALO vs. The Competition

MetricTalos EnergyOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.41B$7.79B$7.75B$20.47B
Dividend YieldN/A5.40%10.98%3.71%
P/E Ratio52.948.4776.6029.04
Price / Sales0.719.8427,015.3957.15
Price / Cash1.3014.3135.8022.46
Price / Book0.521.663.844.43
Net Income-$76.39M$568.61M$4.26B$993.74M
7 Day Performance-9.80%-3.40%68.62%-3.40%
1 Month Performance-7.13%-4.48%76.07%-2.70%
1 Year Performance-25.59%-7.68%98.78%10.16%

Talos Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TALO
Talos Energy
3.7708 of 5 stars
$7.94
-7.1%
$14.25
+79.5%
-25.6%$1.41B$1.97B52.94440News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
APA
APA
3.4322 of 5 stars
$19.57
+2.5%
$23.50
+20.1%
-35.4%$7.08B$10.42B7.042,305Upcoming Earnings
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.5988 of 5 stars
$113.02
+4.0%
$151.54
+34.1%
-32.1%$6.53B$5.25B7.56530News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.8025 of 5 stars
$150.52
+4.1%
$191.59
+27.3%
-22.7%$43.98B$11.07B9.211,983Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
DVN
Devon Energy
4.8976 of 5 stars
$34.06
+3.4%
$43.85
+28.7%
-24.9%$21.87B$15.94B7.762,300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.6789 of 5 stars
$24.47
+3.1%
$26.67
+9.0%
-3.2%$4.71B$1.35B12.17210News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.1763 of 5 stars
$52.54
+3.4%
$68.27
+29.9%
-12.3%$6.58B$3.50B7.69290Analyst Forecast
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.8724 of 5 stars
$27.12
+3.8%
$29.46
+8.6%
-36.9%$3.87B$3.03B10.43690News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
OVV
Ovintiv
4.8489 of 5 stars
$42.88
+3.5%
$53.94
+25.8%
-5.2%$11.14B$9.15B18.971,623Positive News
PR
Permian Resources
4.556 of 5 stars
$14.34
+4.1%
$18.47
+28.8%
-1.4%$11.52B$5.00B8.85220Upcoming Earnings
SM
SM Energy
4.8245 of 5 stars
$28.72
+4.2%
$42.33
+47.4%
-34.9%$3.29B$2.95B4.02540Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
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