MRO vs. FANG, DVN, EQT, RRC, SWN, MTDR, SM, CRK, KOS, and SBOW
Should you be buying Marathon Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marathon Oil include Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), EQT (EQT), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Comstock Resources (CRK), Kosmos Energy (KOS), and SilverBow Resources (SBOW). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO) and Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Marathon Oil has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Marathon Oil had 15 more articles in the media than Diamondback Energy. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Marathon Oil and 21 mentions for Diamondback Energy. Marathon Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Diamondback Energy's score of 0.72 indicating that Marathon Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Diamondback Energy received 318 more outperform votes than Marathon Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.13% of users gave Diamondback Energy an outperform vote while only 65.92% of users gave Marathon Oil an outperform vote.
77.2% of Marathon Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Marathon Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Marathon Oil pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Marathon Oil pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diamondback Energy pays out 20.3% 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.
Marathon Oil currently has a consensus target price of $32.81, suggesting a potential upside of 13.28%. Diamondback Energy has a consensus target price of $205.95, suggesting a potential upside of 3.36%. Given Marathon Oil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Marathon Oil is more favorable than Diamondback Energy.
Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 36.71% compared to Marathon Oil's net margin of 21.83%. Diamondback Energy's return on equity of 19.36% beat Marathon Oil's return on equity.
Diamondback Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Marathon Oil. Diamondback Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marathon Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Diamondback Energy beats Marathon Oil on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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