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Should you be buying Diamondback Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diamondback Energy include Continental Resources (CLR), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Concho Resources (CXO), APA (APA), ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Devon Energy (DVN), EQT (EQT), and Marathon Oil (MRO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) and Continental Resources (NYSE:CLR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Diamondback Energy had 22 more articles in the media than Continental Resources. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Diamondback Energy and 0 mentions for Continental Resources. Diamondback Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Continental Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Diamondback Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Continental Resources has a net margin of 40.29% compared to Diamondback Energy's net margin of 36.71%. Continental Resources' return on equity of 43.58% beat Diamondback Energy's return on equity.
Diamondback Energy currently has a consensus price target of $205.95, suggesting a potential upside of 3.36%.
Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Continental Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share. Diamondback Energy pays out 20.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Continental Resources pays out 11.4% 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.
Diamondback Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Continental Resources. Continental Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diamondback Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of Continental Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.6% of Continental Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Diamondback Energy received 145 more outperform votes than Continental Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.13% of users gave Diamondback Energy an outperform vote while only 65.18% of users gave Continental Resources an outperform vote.
Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Continental Resources has a beta of 2.32, indicating that its share price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Diamondback Energy beats Continental Resources on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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