SBOW vs. CRK, KOS, EGY, BRY, SD, WTI, PHX, COP, EOG, and PXD
Should you be buying SilverBow Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SilverBow Resources include Comstock Resources (CRK), Kosmos Energy (KOS), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Berry (BRY), SandRidge Energy (SD), W&T Offshore (WTI), PHX Minerals (PHX), ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), and Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
Comstock Resources (NYSE:CRK) and SilverBow Resources (NYSE:SBOW) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
36.1% of Comstock Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of SilverBow Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Comstock Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of SilverBow Resources 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.
Comstock Resources currently has a consensus price target of $10.25, suggesting a potential downside of 12.47%. SilverBow Resources has a consensus price target of $45.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.65%. Given Comstock Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SilverBow Resources is more favorable than Comstock Resources.
SilverBow Resources has a net margin of 24.41% compared to SilverBow Resources' net margin of 4.27%. Comstock Resources' return on equity of 16.48% beat SilverBow Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Comstock Resources had 8 more articles in the media than SilverBow Resources. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Comstock Resources and 2 mentions for SilverBow Resources. Comstock Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat SilverBow Resources' score of 0.81 indicating that SilverBow Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Comstock Resources has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SilverBow Resources has a beta of 2.52, meaning that its share price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Comstock Resources received 195 more outperform votes than SilverBow Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.82% of users gave SilverBow Resources an outperform vote while only 57.86% of users gave Comstock Resources an outperform vote.
SilverBow Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Comstock Resources. SilverBow Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comstock Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SilverBow Resources beats Comstock Resources on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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