WTI vs. APA, CHRD, MGY, MTDR, MUR, NOG, OVV, PR, TALO, and VET
Should you be buying W&T Offshore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W&T Offshore include APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), Talos Energy (TALO), and Vermilion Energy (VET). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
W&T Offshore vs. Its Competitors
W&T Offshore (NYSE:WTI) and APA (NASDAQ:APA) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk and profitability.
42.9% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.6% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of APA shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, APA had 20 more articles in the media than W&T Offshore. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for APA and 4 mentions for W&T Offshore. W&T Offshore's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat APA's score of 0.82 indicating that W&T Offshore is being referred to more favorably in the media.
APA has a consensus target price of $23.83, suggesting a potential upside of 4.35%. Given APA's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe APA is more favorable than W&T Offshore.
APA has higher revenue and earnings than W&T Offshore. W&T Offshore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than APA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
APA has a net margin of 10.53% compared to W&T Offshore's net margin of -22.62%. APA's return on equity of 20.98% beat W&T Offshore's return on equity.
W&T Offshore has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, APA has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
W&T Offshore pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. W&T Offshore pays out -5.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. APA pays out 33.4% 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.
Summary
APA beats W&T Offshore on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:WTI) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
