MTDR vs. SWN, RRC, SM, CRK, KOS, MRO, EQT, DVN, HESM, and CHRD
Should you be buying Matador Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matador Resources include Southwestern Energy (SWN), Range Resources (RRC), SM Energy (SM), Comstock Resources (CRK), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Marathon Oil (MRO), EQT (EQT), Devon Energy (DVN), Hess Midstream (HESM), and Chord Energy (CHRD). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Matador Resources (NYSE:MTDR) and Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and dividends.
Southwestern Energy received 235 more outperform votes than Matador Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.20% of users gave Matador Resources an outperform vote while only 57.20% of users gave Southwestern Energy an outperform vote.
Matador Resources currently has a consensus price target of $74.80, indicating a potential upside of 20.49%. Southwestern Energy has a consensus price target of $8.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.48%. Given Matador Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Matador Resources is more favorable than Southwestern Energy.
Matador Resources has a beta of 3.33, suggesting that its share price is 233% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southwestern Energy has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Matador Resources has a net margin of 28.89% compared to Southwestern Energy's net margin of -32.93%. Matador Resources' return on equity of 20.62% beat Southwestern Energy's return on equity.
92.0% of Matador Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of Southwestern Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Matador Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Southwestern Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Matador Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Southwestern Energy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Matador Resources and 13 mentions for Southwestern Energy. Matador Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Southwestern Energy's score of 0.92 indicating that Matador Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Southwestern Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Matador Resources. Southwestern Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Matador Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Matador Resources beats Southwestern Energy on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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