WTI vs. SBOW, EGY, BRY, SD, PHX, COP, EOG, PXD, FANG, and DVN
Should you be buying W&T Offshore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W&T Offshore include SilverBow Resources (SBOW), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Berry (BRY), SandRidge Energy (SD), PHX Minerals (PHX), ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Diamondback Energy (FANG), and Devon Energy (DVN). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
W&T Offshore (NYSE:WTI) and SilverBow Resources (NYSE:SBOW) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, W&T Offshore had 5 more articles in the media than SilverBow Resources. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for W&T Offshore and 2 mentions for SilverBow Resources. SilverBow Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat W&T Offshore's score of -0.24 indicating that SilverBow Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SilverBow Resources has a net margin of 24.41% compared to W&T Offshore's net margin of -4.04%. SilverBow Resources' return on equity of 16.48% beat W&T Offshore's return on equity.
W&T Offshore has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SilverBow Resources has a beta of 2.52, suggesting that its stock price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500.
42.9% of W&T Offshore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of SilverBow Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 33.5% of W&T Offshore shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of SilverBow Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SilverBow Resources has higher revenue and earnings than W&T Offshore. W&T Offshore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SilverBow Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
W&T Offshore received 21 more outperform votes than SilverBow Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.82% of users gave SilverBow Resources an outperform vote while only 53.92% of users gave W&T Offshore an outperform vote.
W&T Offshore presently has a consensus target price of $7.80, indicating a potential upside of 249.78%. SilverBow Resources has a consensus target price of $45.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.65%. Given W&T Offshore's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe W&T Offshore is more favorable than SilverBow Resources.
Summary
SilverBow Resources beats W&T Offshore on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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