Head-To-Head Analysis: Mach Natural Resources (MNR) vs. Its Competitors

Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) is one of 1,051 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Mach Natural Resources to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, dividends and profitability.

Dividends

Mach Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.4%. Mach Natural Resources pays out 244.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.9% and pay out -121.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Mach Natural Resources has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Mach Natural Resources and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mach Natural Resources	0	4	3	1	2.62
Mach Natural Resources Competitors	5968	26957	40797	2410	2.52

Mach Natural Resources currently has a consensus price target of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 66.20%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 25.54%. Given Mach Natural Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Mach Natural Resources is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Mach Natural Resources and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mach Natural Resources	7.44%	16.06%	8.23%
Mach Natural Resources Competitors	-470.80%	19.34%	6.40%

Volatility and Risk

Mach Natural Resources has a beta of -0.23, meaning that its stock price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mach Natural Resources’ rivals have a beta of -3.72, meaning that their average stock price is 472% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Mach Natural Resources and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mach Natural Resources	$1.18 billion	$142.98 million	17.00
Mach Natural Resources Competitors	$10.85 billion	$5.51 billion	-0.39

Mach Natural Resources’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Mach Natural Resources. Mach Natural Resources is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

78.4% of Mach Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 87.8% of Mach Natural Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Mach Natural Resources beats its rivals on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

About Mach Natural Resources

Mach Natural Resources LP, an independent upstream oil and gas company, focuses on the acquisition, development, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids reserves in the Anadarko Basin region of Western Oklahoma, Southern Kansas, and the panhandle of Texas. It also owns a portfolio of midstream assets, as well as owns plants and water infrastructure. The company was incorporated in 2023 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.