Institutional and Insider Ownership
0.6% of Sanchez Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of Mexco Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of Sanchez Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 55.1% of Mexco Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
Sanchez Energy has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mexco Energy has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Sanchez Energy and Mexco Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Sanchez Energy | $1.06 billion | 0.00 | $85.21 million | N/A | N/A |
| Mexco Energy | $7.44 million | 2.40 | $1.35 million | $0.79 | 11.08 |
Sanchez Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Mexco Energy.
Profitability
This table compares Sanchez Energy and Mexco Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Sanchez Energy | 2.22% | -18.15% | 3.09% |
| Mexco Energy | 18.73% | 7.57% | 6.94% |
Summary
Mexco Energy beats Sanchez Energy on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Sanchez Energy
Sanchez Energy Corporation, 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 horizontal development of resources from the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. It also holds an undeveloped acreage position in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS) in Mississippi and Louisiana. As of December 31, 2018, the company had assembled approximately 271,000 net acres in the Eagle Ford Shale; and owned approximately 34,000 net acres in the TMS. Sanchez Energy Corporation was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
About Mexco Energy
Mexco Energy Corporation, an independent oil and gas company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of natural gas, crude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids in the United States. It owns partial interests in approximately 6,400 gross producing wells located in the states of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado, Montana, Virginia, North Dakota, and Ohio. It also owned leasehold mineral, royalty, and other interests in approximately 2,768 net acres. The company was formerly known as Miller Oil Company and changed its name to Mexco Energy Corporation in April 1980. Mexco Energy Corporation was incorporated in 1972 and is based in Midland, Texas.
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