Analyzing W&T Offshore (WTI) and The Competition

W&T Offshore (NYSE:WTI) is one of 1,050 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare W&T Offshore to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for W&T Offshore and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
W&T Offshore	1	1	1	0	2.00
W&T Offshore Competitors	5964	26943	40767	2408	2.52

W&T Offshore presently has a consensus target price of $4.25, suggesting a potential upside of 17.34%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 22.14%. Given W&T Offshore’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe W&T Offshore has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

42.9% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 35.9% of W&T Offshore shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

W&T Offshore has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W&T Offshore’s competitors have a beta of -4.04, suggesting that their average stock price is 504% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares W&T Offshore and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
W&T Offshore	$601.43 million	-$150.06 million	-10.65
W&T Offshore Competitors	$272.89 billion	$5.52 billion	0.21

W&T Offshore’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than W&T Offshore. W&T Offshore is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares W&T Offshore and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
W&T Offshore	-19.32%	N/A	-2.59%
W&T Offshore Competitors	-471.71%	20.53%	6.26%

Dividends

W&T Offshore pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. W&T Offshore pays out -11.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.6% and pay out -122.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. W&T Offshore lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Summary

W&T Offshore competitors beat W&T Offshore on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

About W&T Offshore

W&T Offshore, Inc. engages in the production, exploration, development, and acquisition of oil and natural gas properties. It focuses its operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The company was founded by Tracy W. Krohn in 1983 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.