MGY vs. CPG, SM, SSL, VIST, ERF, VNOM, NOG, MUR, CNX, and BSM
Should you be buying Magnolia Oil & Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Magnolia Oil & Gas include Crescent Point Energy (CPG), SM Energy (SM), Sasol (SSL), Vista Energy (VIST), Enerplus (ERF), Viper Energy (VNOM), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Murphy Oil (MUR), CNX Resources (CNX), and Black Stone Minerals (BSM). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Crescent Point Energy (NYSE:CPG) and Magnolia Oil & Gas (NYSE:MGY) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Crescent Point Energy received 109 more outperform votes than Magnolia Oil & Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.69% of users gave Magnolia Oil & Gas an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave Crescent Point Energy an outperform vote.
49.4% of Crescent Point Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Crescent Point Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Magnolia Oil & Gas had 2 more articles in the media than Crescent Point Energy. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Magnolia Oil & Gas and 17 mentions for Crescent Point Energy. Crescent Point Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Magnolia Oil & Gas' score of 0.05 indicating that Magnolia Oil & Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Crescent Point Energy currently has a consensus price target of $13.81, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Magnolia Oil & Gas has a consensus price target of $27.88, indicating a potential upside of 9.42%. Given Magnolia Oil & Gas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Crescent Point Energy is more favorable than Magnolia Oil & Gas.
Crescent Point Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Magnolia Oil & Gas. Crescent Point Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Magnolia Oil & Gas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Crescent Point Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share. Magnolia Oil & Gas pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Crescent Point Energy pays out -424.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Magnolia Oil & Gas pays out 25.9% 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. Crescent Point Energy has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Magnolia Oil & Gas has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Crescent Point Energy has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magnolia Oil & Gas has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Magnolia Oil & Gas has a net margin of 30.46% compared to Magnolia Oil & Gas' net margin of -1.95%. Crescent Point Energy's return on equity of 20.41% beat Magnolia Oil & Gas' return on equity.
Summary
Magnolia Oil & Gas beats Crescent Point Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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