Matador Resources vs SM Energy
MTDR and SM side by side, both in crude petroleum and natural gas. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How MTDR and SM compare
Matador Resources and SM Energy are about the same size, with market caps of $6.4B and $7.4B.
On earnings, SM Energy is cheaper: it trades at 7.6× trailing earnings, against 9.0× for Matador Resources.
SM Energy grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (108% versus 1.3% for Matador Resources).
Matador Resources keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 18.6% compared with 13.7% at SM Energy.
Both pay dividends: Matador Resources yields 2.2% and SM Energy 2.8%.
Matador Resources scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 13 for SM Energy), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | MTDR | SM |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.4B | $7.4B |
| Share price | $52.08 | $31.16 |
| Change, 1 year | 31.6% | 69.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 27.8% | 3.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.89 | 0.98 |
| Employees | 483 | 1,241 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 (better) | 13 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Growth score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 9.0× | 7.6× (better) |
| P/S | 1.7× | 1.1× (better) |
| P/B | 1.1× | 1.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 3.0× (better) | 4.3× |
| Fair value | $72.17 | $39.24 |
| Margin of safety | 27.8% (better) | 20.6% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.3% | 108% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 33.8% (better) | 22.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −7.9% | 29.0% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −7.2% (better) | −34.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 74.2% |
| Operating margin | 31.6% (better) | 23.6% |
| Net margin | 18.6% (better) | 13.7% |
| Return on equity | 12.5% | 15.0% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 16.7% | 20.5% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.11 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.26 | – |
| Interest coverage | 4.9× (better) | 4.2× |
| Current ratio | 0.55 | 0.57 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.26 (better) | 1.25 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | 2.8% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 25.8% | 22.4% |
| Years of dividend growth | 4 | 4 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 109% |
| Buyback yield | 0.46% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 2.6% | 2.8% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 97.1% | 96.7% |
| Held by insiders | 1.6% | 0.90% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $2.6M (better) | −$1.6M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 12.6% | 5.5% |
Go deeper
- MTDR stock overview
- MTDR income statement
- MTDR valuation and score
- SM stock overview
- SM income statement
- SM valuation and score
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