STR vs. SWX, UGI, NFG, NJR, CPK, NWN, OKE, ATO, OVV, and PR
Should you be buying Sitio Royalties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sitio Royalties include Southwest Gas (SWX), UGI (UGI), National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), Northwest Natural (NWN), ONEOK (OKE), Atmos Energy (ATO), Ovintiv (OVV), and Permian Resources (PR).
Sitio Royalties (NYSE:STR) and Southwest Gas (NYSE:SWX) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Sitio Royalties has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southwest Gas has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Southwest Gas had 9 more articles in the media than Sitio Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Southwest Gas and 0 mentions for Sitio Royalties. Southwest Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Sitio Royalties' score of 0.00 indicating that Southwest Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Southwest Gas received 143 more outperform votes than Sitio Royalties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.49% of users gave Southwest Gas an outperform vote while only 49.63% of users gave Sitio Royalties an outperform vote.
90.4% of Sitio Royalties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Southwest Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Sitio Royalties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Southwest Gas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Southwest Gas has a net margin of 3.56% compared to Sitio Royalties' net margin of -5.00%. Southwest Gas' return on equity of 6.71% beat Sitio Royalties' return on equity.
Sitio Royalties pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Southwest Gas pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Sitio Royalties pays out -443.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southwest Gas pays out 92.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sitio Royalties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Southwest Gas has higher revenue and earnings than Sitio Royalties. Sitio Royalties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southwest Gas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sitio Royalties presently has a consensus target price of $29.40, suggesting a potential upside of 25.48%. Southwest Gas has a consensus target price of $75.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.34%. Given Sitio Royalties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sitio Royalties is more favorable than Southwest Gas.
Summary
Southwest Gas beats Sitio Royalties on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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