WTI vs. SD, EGY, BRY, PHX, COP, EOG, FANG, EQT, DVN, and RRC
Should you be buying W&T Offshore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W&T Offshore include SandRidge Energy (SD), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Berry (BRY), PHX Minerals (PHX), ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), EQT (EQT), Devon Energy (DVN), and Range Resources (RRC). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
W&T Offshore vs.
W&T Offshore (NYSE:WTI) and SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
SandRidge Energy received 11 more outperform votes than W&T Offshore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.99% of users gave W&T Offshore an outperform vote while only 51.16% of users gave SandRidge Energy an outperform vote.
W&T Offshore has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SandRidge Energy has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SandRidge Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than W&T Offshore. W&T Offshore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SandRidge Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SandRidge Energy has a net margin of 39.25% compared to W&T Offshore's net margin of -11.95%. SandRidge Energy's return on equity of 7.92% beat W&T Offshore's return on equity.
In the previous week, SandRidge Energy had 3 more articles in the media than W&T Offshore. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SandRidge Energy and 2 mentions for W&T Offshore. SandRidge Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat W&T Offshore's score of 0.17 indicating that SandRidge Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
W&T Offshore pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. SandRidge Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. W&T Offshore pays out -5.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SandRidge Energy pays out 25.1% 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. SandRidge Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. SandRidge Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
42.9% of W&T Offshore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of SandRidge Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 33.5% of W&T Offshore shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of SandRidge Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
SandRidge Energy beats W&T Offshore on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WTI) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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