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

Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) is one of 289 public companies in the “Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Mach Natural Resources to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Dividends

Mach Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. Mach Natural Resources pays out 100.4% 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, “Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas” companies pay a dividend yield of 10.1% and pay out 112.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Mach Natural Resources is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mach Natural Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mach Natural Resources Competitors	-2.68%	2.43%	6.44%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mach Natural Resources and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mach Natural Resources	$962.51 million	N/A	7.34
Mach Natural Resources Competitors	$717.95 billion	$1.07 billion	18.50

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Mach Natural Resources and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mach Natural Resources	0	0	1	0	3.00
Mach Natural Resources Competitors	2214	11777	16355	646	2.50

Mach Natural Resources presently has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.75%. As a group, “Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas” companies have a potential upside of 18.14%. Given Mach Natural Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Mach Natural Resources is more favorable than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

Mach Natural Resources has a beta of -0.79, suggesting that its share price is 179% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mach Natural Resources’ peers have a beta of -13.57, suggesting that their average share price is 1,457% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

78.4% of Mach Natural Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of shares of all “Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas” companies are held by institutional investors. 87.8% of Mach Natural Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of shares of all “Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Mach Natural Resources beats its peers on 9 of the 14 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.