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NYSE:WPX

WPX Energy (WPX) Competitors

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Today's Range
$9.43
$9.43
50-Day Range
$7.87
$9.43
52-Week Range
$1.94
$14.09
Volume
N/A
Average Volume
44.54 million shs
Market Capitalization
$5.29 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
N/A

WPX vs. MTDR, SWN, PDCE, RRC, SM, KOS, CRK, CPE, EQT, and MRO

Should you be buying WPX Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WPX Energy include Matador Resources (MTDR), Southwestern Energy (SWN), PDC Energy (PDCE), Range Resources (RRC), SM Energy (SM), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Comstock Resources (CRK), Callon Petroleum (CPE), EQT (EQT), and Marathon Oil (MRO). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.

WPX Energy vs.

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

97.5% of WPX Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of Matador Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of WPX Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Matador Resources shares are held 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.

Matador Resources has a consensus price target of $70.56, indicating a potential upside of 49.07%. Given Matador Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Matador Resources is more favorable than WPX Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WPX Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Matador Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WPX Energy$2.29 billion2.31$256 million$0.3328.58
Matador Resources$3.06 billion1.84$1.21 billion$9.764.85

WPX Energy received 2 more outperform votes than Matador Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.55% of users gave Matador Resources an outperform vote while only 70.61% of users gave WPX Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WPX EnergyOutperform Votes
668
70.61%
Underperform Votes
278
29.39%
Matador ResourcesOutperform Votes
666
72.55%
Underperform Votes
252
27.45%

In the previous week, Matador Resources had 9 more articles in the media than WPX Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Matador Resources and 1 mentions for WPX Energy. Matador Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat WPX Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Matador Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WPX Energy
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Matador Resources
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Matador Resources has a net margin of 38.33% compared to WPX Energy's net margin of -29.90%. Matador Resources' return on equity of 37.11% beat WPX Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WPX Energy -29.90% 3.78% 1.94%
Matador Resources 38.33% 37.11% 21.61%

WPX Energy has a beta of 3.4, meaning that its stock price is 240% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matador Resources has a beta of 3.56, meaning that its stock price is 256% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Matador Resources beats WPX Energy on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WPX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WPX vs. The Competition

MetricWPX EnergyCrude Petroleum & Natural Gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.29B$7.83B$6.23B$14.83B
Dividend YieldN/A17.11%11.09%3.98%
P/E Ratio-5.973.4552.5221.23
Price / Sales2.313.2710,549.108.00
Price / Cash1.585.4934.3823.58
Price / Book0.871.857.819.18
Net Income$256M$1.89B$1.18B$897.06M

WPX Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTDR
Matador Resources
3.0831 of 5 stars
$45.00
-2.7%
$70.56
+56.8%
-24.6%$5.36B$3.06B4.61286Gap Up
SWN
Southwestern Energy
2.5295 of 5 stars
$4.87
-2.0%
$7.85
+61.3%
-45.8%$5.36B$15.00B0.831,118Positive News
Gap Up
PDCE
PDC Energy
2.4651 of 5 stars
$69.87
-0.7%
$84.50
+20.9%
-15.5%$6.11B$3.85B2.98535Analyst Revision
Gap Up
RRC
Range Resources
3.2927 of 5 stars
$27.55
-5.0%
$32.52
+18.1%
-19.4%$6.65B$4.15B3.23527Dividend Announcement
Insider Selling
Gap Up
SM
SM Energy
2.6505 of 5 stars
$26.59
-3.4%
$40.64
+52.8%
-43.8%$3.20B$3.36B2.61506Positive News
Gap Up
KOS
Kosmos Energy
2.3823 of 5 stars
$6.07
-4.0%
$9.41
+55.1%
-21.5%$2.79B$2.30B9.33229Positive News
CRK
Comstock Resources
2.4621 of 5 stars
$9.37
-3.4%
$13.50
+44.1%
-52.1%$2.60B$3.63B1.87205
CPE
Callon Petroleum
2.498 of 5 stars
$30.98
-3.2%
$55.50
+79.1%
-43.2%$1.92B$3.23B1.38322Insider Buying
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
EQT
EQT
3.0533 of 5 stars
$35.07
-2.8%
$49.59
+41.4%
-23.8%$12.68B$7.50B3.11693Analyst Revision
Gap Down
MRO
Marathon Oil
3.1238 of 5 stars
$22.84
-1.8%
$33.06
+44.7%
-26.6%$14.11B$8.04B5.611,570Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:WPX) was last updated on 6/5/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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