Magnolia Oil & Gas (NYSE:MGY – Get Free Report) and Geopark (NYSE:GPRK – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Volatility & Risk
Magnolia Oil & Gas has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Geopark has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Magnolia Oil & Gas and Geopark, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Magnolia Oil & Gas | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2.41 |
| Geopark | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 |
Dividends
Magnolia Oil & Gas pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Geopark pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Magnolia Oil & Gas pays out 38.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Geopark pays out 8.6% 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. Magnolia Oil & Gas has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Geopark has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Magnolia Oil & Gas and Geopark”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Magnolia Oil & Gas | $1.31 billion | 3.88 | $325.25 million | $1.72 | 16.00 |
| Geopark | $492.52 million | 1.11 | $49.67 million | $1.05 | 10.08 |
Magnolia Oil & Gas has higher revenue and earnings than Geopark. Geopark 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.
Profitability
This table compares Magnolia Oil & Gas and Geopark’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Magnolia Oil & Gas | 24.40% | 16.28% | 11.26% |
| Geopark | 11.74% | 36.71% | 8.06% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
94.7% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of Geopark shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Magnolia Oil & Gas shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Geopark shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Magnolia Oil & Gas beats Geopark on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Magnolia Oil & Gas
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. engages in the acquisition, development, exploration, and production of oil and natural gas properties. It operates assets located in the Eagle Ford Shale and Austin Chalk formations in South Texas. The company was founded on February 14, 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.
About Geopark
GeoPark Limited operates as an oil and natural gas exploration and production company primarily in Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, and other Latin American countries. It engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas reserves. The company was formerly known as GeoPark Holdings Limited and changed its name to GeoPark Limited in July 2013. GeoPark Limited was founded in 2002 and is based in Bogotá, Colombia.
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