Head to Head Contrast: Mach Natural Resources (MNR) vs. Its Peers

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Mach Natural Resources and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mach Natural Resources	0	4	3	1	2.62
Mach Natural Resources Competitors	5992	27028	40901	2431	2.52

Mach Natural Resources currently has a consensus target price of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 81.36%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 27.77%. Given Mach Natural Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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	10.48%	16.47%	8.32%
Mach Natural Resources Competitors	-455.74%	19.71%	6.77%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mach Natural Resources	$1.18 billion	$142.98 million	9.88
Mach Natural Resources Competitors	$14.85 billion	$5.51 billion	-1.10

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.

Risk and Volatility

Mach Natural Resources has a beta of -0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mach Natural Resources’ rivals have a beta of -3.76, suggesting that their average stock price is 476% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Mach Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.7%. Mach Natural Resources pays out 154.8% 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 9.1% and pay out -135.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Mach Natural Resources has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

78.4% of Mach Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% 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, 15.5% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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

Mach Natural Resources Company Profile

Mach Natural Resources LP is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on acquiring, developing and producing energy resources. Its operations include oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids, with activity concentrated in the Anadarko and Arkoma basins in the Mid-Continent region. The company became publicly traded in 2023. Its chief executive officer is Tom L. Ward, an energy-industry executive and co-founder of Mach Resources.