Comparing Barnwell Industries (NYSE:BRN) & Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD)

Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) and Barnwell Industries (NYSE:BRN) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Chord Energy and Barnwell Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chord Energy	0	2	10	1	2.92
Barnwell Industries	0	0	0	0	0.00

Chord Energy currently has a consensus price target of $188.45, indicating a potential upside of 60.80%. Given Chord Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than Barnwell Industries.

Profitability

This table compares Chord Energy and Barnwell Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chord Energy	19.74%	12.88%	8.91%
Barnwell Industries	-15.55%	-22.12%	-11.23%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.8% of Chord Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Barnwell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of Barnwell Industries shares are owned by company 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Chord Energy and Barnwell Industries”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chord Energy	$3.90 billion	1.84	$1.02 billion	$19.42	6.04
Barnwell Industries	$25.27 million	0.62	-$960,000.00	($0.38)	-4.08

Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Barnwell Industries. Barnwell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chord Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Chord Energy has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnwell Industries has a beta of 0.07, meaning that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Chord Energy beats Barnwell Industries on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Chord Energy

Chord Energy Corporation operates as an independent exploration and production company in the United States. It acquires, explores, develops, and produces crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in the Williston Basin. The company sells its products to refiners, marketers, and other purchasers that have access to nearby pipeline and rail facilities. The company was formerly known as Oasis Petroleum Inc. and changed its name to Chord Energy Corporation in July 2022. Chord Energy Corporation was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

About Barnwell Industries

Barnwell Industries, Inc. acquires, develops, produces, and sells oil and natural gas in Canada. The company operates through three segments: Oil and Natural Gas, Land Investment, and Contract Drilling. It also acquires and develops crude oil and natural gas assets in the province of Alberta, as well as invests in land interests in Hawaii. In addition, the company owns and operates threes water well drilling rigs, two pump rigs, and other ancillary drilling and pump equipment; and drills water and water monitoring wells of varying depths. Further, it installs and repairs water pumping systems; and distributes trillium flow technologies. Barnwell Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1956 and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.