MGY vs. EQT, MRO, OVV, PR, CHK, APA, AR, RRC, SWN, and HESM
Should you be buying Magnolia Oil & Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Magnolia Oil & Gas include EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), APA (APA), Antero Resources (AR), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), and Hess Midstream (HESM). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
EQT (NYSE:EQT) and Magnolia Oil & Gas (NYSE:MGY) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, EQT had 4 more articles in the media than Magnolia Oil & Gas. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for EQT and 14 mentions for Magnolia Oil & Gas. EQT's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Magnolia Oil & Gas' score of 0.36 indicating that Magnolia Oil & Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EQT received 534 more outperform votes than Magnolia Oil & Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.17% of users gave EQT an outperform vote while only 60.78% of users gave Magnolia Oil & Gas an outperform vote.
90.8% of EQT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of EQT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
EQT has higher revenue and earnings than Magnolia Oil & Gas. Magnolia Oil & Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EQT has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magnolia Oil & Gas has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Magnolia Oil & Gas pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. EQT pays out 45.7% 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. EQT has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Magnolia Oil & Gas has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Magnolia Oil & Gas is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
EQT currently has a consensus price target of $44.94, indicating a potential upside of 9.37%. Magnolia Oil & Gas has a consensus price target of $28.13, indicating a potential upside of 8.38%. Given Magnolia Oil & Gas' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe EQT is more favorable than Magnolia Oil & Gas.
Magnolia Oil & Gas has a net margin of 30.46% compared to Magnolia Oil & Gas' net margin of 10.96%. EQT's return on equity of 20.41% beat Magnolia Oil & Gas' return on equity.
Summary
Magnolia Oil & Gas beats EQT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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