WTI vs. CHRD, MGY, MTDR, MUR, NOG, OVV, PR, TALO, VET, and VTLE
Should you be buying W&T Offshore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W&T Offshore include 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), Vermilion Energy (VET), and Vital Energy (VTLE). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
W&T Offshore vs. Its Competitors
W&T Offshore (NYSE:WTI) and Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than W&T Offshore. W&T Offshore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chord Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chord Energy has a net margin of 5.02% compared to W&T Offshore's net margin of -22.62%. Chord Energy's return on equity of 9.02% beat W&T Offshore's return on equity.
In the previous week, Chord Energy had 12 more articles in the media than W&T Offshore. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Chord Energy and 5 mentions for W&T Offshore. W&T Offshore's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Chord Energy's score of 0.64 indicating that W&T Offshore is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Chord Energy has a consensus target price of $143.42, suggesting a potential upside of 56.27%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than W&T Offshore.
42.9% of W&T Offshore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Chord Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 33.6% of W&T Offshore shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
W&T Offshore has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chord Energy has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
W&T Offshore pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. W&T Offshore pays out -5.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chord Energy pays out 132.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chord Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Chord Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Chord Energy beats W&T Offshore on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WTI) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
