Reviewing Mach Natural Resources (MNR) and Its Peers

Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) is one of 290 public companies in the “Crude petroleum & natural gas” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Mach Natural Resources to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk and valuation.

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	25.17%	23.58%	12.00%
Mach Natural Resources Competitors	-2.91%	2.44%	6.43%

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mach Natural Resources	$762.31 million	$346.56 million	N/A
Mach Natural Resources Competitors	$11.00 billion	$1.07 billion	16.25

Mach Natural Resources’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Mach Natural Resources.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

78.4% of Mach Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies are owned by institutional investors. 87.8% of Mach Natural Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Mach Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.6%. As a group, “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies pay a dividend yield of 10.4% and pay out 116.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Mach Natural Resources and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mach Natural Resources	0	0	1	0	3.00
Mach Natural Resources Competitors	2215	11784	16368	647	2.50

Mach Natural Resources currently has a consensus target price of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.22%. As a group, “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies have a potential upside of 16.81%. Given Mach Natural Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mach Natural Resources is more favorable than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

Mach Natural Resources has a beta of -0.79, indicating that its share price is 179% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mach Natural Resources’ peers have a beta of -13.84, indicating that their average share price is 1,484% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mach Natural Resources beats its peers on 11 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.