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W&T Offshore (WTI) Competitors

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$1.70 -0.07 (-3.67%)
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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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

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 5.4%. W&T Offshore pays out -5.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. APA pays out 36.0% 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.

APA has a net margin of 9.75% compared to W&T Offshore's net margin of -20.66%. APA's return on equity of 23.22% beat W&T Offshore's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
W&T Offshore-20.66% N/A -7.11%
APA 9.75%23.22%7.63%

APA has a consensus target price of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.30%. Given APA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe APA is more favorable than W&T Offshore.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
W&T Offshore
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
APA
3 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
W&T Offshore$514.34M0.49-$87.14M-$0.72-2.37
APA$9.74B0.69$804M$2.786.64

In the previous week, APA had 7 more articles in the media than W&T Offshore. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for APA and 3 mentions for W&T Offshore. APA's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat W&T Offshore's score of -0.25 indicating that APA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
W&T Offshore
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
APA
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

W&T Offshore has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, APA has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

APA beats W&T Offshore on 16 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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WTI vs. The Competition

MetricW&T OffshoreOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$261.34M$7.99B$7.85B$20.69B
Dividend Yield2.21%5.21%10.93%3.67%
P/E Ratio-2.378.3276.4829.07
Price / Sales0.499.8427,108.8257.23
Price / Cash2.3214.3335.9522.84
Price / Book-4.741.663.844.43
Net Income-$87.14M$568.61M$4.27B$994.22M
7 Day Performance-2.29%-3.40%68.75%-3.35%
1 Month Performance-5.01%-4.79%76.43%-2.05%
1 Year Performance-22.50%0.80%98.95%10.15%

W&T Offshore Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WTI
W&T Offshore
0.4543 of 5 stars
$1.71
-3.7%
N/A-27.1%$261.34M$514.34M-2.37320Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
APA
APA
3.4041 of 5 stars
$18.60
-1.2%
$23.44
+26.0%
-40.6%$6.81B$9.74B6.692,305Upcoming Earnings
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.5968 of 5 stars
$105.51
-0.8%
$151.54
+43.6%
-36.5%$6.15B$5.25B7.06530Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.8023 of 5 stars
$22.64
-2.2%
$26.67
+17.8%
-8.3%$4.45B$1.32B11.26210News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.1756 of 5 stars
$49.83
-2.9%
$69.13
+38.7%
-19.1%$6.43B$3.50B6.62290Analyst Forecast
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.8396 of 5 stars
$24.29
-0.8%
$29.46
+21.3%
-40.5%$3.49B$3.03B9.95690News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
NOG
Northern Oil and Gas
4.0085 of 5 stars
$26.59
-2.4%
$38.78
+45.9%
-39.6%$2.69B$2.23B4.1430News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
OVV
Ovintiv
4.8478 of 5 stars
$38.89
-2.9%
$53.81
+38.4%
-11.4%$10.41B$9.15B16.551,623
PR
Permian Resources
4.5531 of 5 stars
$13.20
-1.8%
$18.40
+39.4%
-8.0%$10.81B$5.00B8.15220Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TALO
Talos Energy
3.7763 of 5 stars
$8.31
-2.3%
$14.22
+71.2%
-31.3%$1.51B$1.97B55.39440Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
VET
Vermilion Energy
1.4478 of 5 stars
$7.77
-1.4%
N/A-20.4%$1.21B$1.45B-48.56720News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑

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