比较切萨皮克能源公司(纳斯达克：CHK)和绿洲石油公司(纳斯达克：OAS)

Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:CHK – Get Rating) and Oasis Petroleum (NASDAQ:OAS – Get Rating) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

90.4% of Oasis Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Oasis Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Chesapeake Energy has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oasis Petroleum has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Chesapeake Energy and Oasis Petroleum, as provided by MarketBeat.

Chesapeake Energy presently has a consensus target price of $94.30, suggesting a potential upside of 22.93%. Oasis Petroleum has a consensus target price of $188.50, suggesting a potential upside of 72.46%. Given Oasis Petroleum's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Oasis Petroleum is more favorable than Chesapeake Energy.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Chesapeake Energy and Oasis Petroleum's gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Chesapeake Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Oasis Petroleum. Chesapeake Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oasis Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Chesapeake Energy and Oasis Petroleum's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Dividends

Chesapeake Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Oasis Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $2.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Chesapeake Energy pays out -62.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oasis Petroleum pays out 5.6% 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. Chesapeake Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Oasis Petroleum beats Chesapeake Energy on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Chesapeake Energy (Get Rating)

Chesapeake Energy Corporation, an independent exploration and production company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of properties for the production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids from underground reservoirs in the United States. The company holds interests in natural gas resource plays in the Marcellus Shale in the northern Appalachian Basin in Pennsylvania and the Haynesville/Bossier Shales in northwestern Louisiana; and the liquids-rich resource play in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. As of December 31, 2021, it owned interests in approximately 8,200 gross productive wells, including 6,500 wells with working interest and 1,700 wells with an overriding or royalty interest; and had estimated proved reserves of 661 million barrels of oil equivalent. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

About Oasis Petroleum (Get Rating)

Oasis Petroleum Inc., an independent exploration and production company, focuses on the acquisition and development of onshore unconventional oil and natural gas resources in the United States. It engages in the acquisition and development of oil and gas properties. As of December 31, 2021, the company had 492,355 net leasehold acres in the Williston Basin. The company sells its crude oil and natural gas to refiners, marketers, and other purchasers that have access to pipeline and rail facilities. Oasis Petroleum Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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