Amplify Energy (NYSE:AMPY) & Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) Financial Contrast

Amplify Energy (NYSE:AMPY) and Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Dividends

Amplify Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Mach Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.5%. Amplify Energy pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mach Natural Resources pays out 189.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mach Natural Resources has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Mach Natural Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

42.8% of Amplify Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.4% of Mach Natural Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of Amplify Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 87.8% of Mach Natural Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amplify Energy	16.69%	-4.10%	-2.39%
Mach Natural Resources	12.16%	16.91%	9.35%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Amplify Energy and Mach Natural Resources, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amplify Energy	0	1	2	0	2.67
Mach Natural Resources	0	4	2	2	2.75

Amplify Energy presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.13%. Mach Natural Resources has a consensus price target of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.84%. Given Mach Natural Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mach Natural Resources is more favorable than Amplify Energy.

Volatility & Risk

Amplify Energy has a beta of -0.15, meaning that its stock price is 115% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mach Natural Resources has a beta of -0.35, meaning that its stock price is 135% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Amplify Energy and Mach Natural Resources”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amplify Energy	$263.36 million	0.92	$43.97 million	$0.98	5.99
Mach Natural Resources	$1.18 billion	1.96	$142.98 million	$1.12	12.25

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

Summary

Mach Natural Resources beats Amplify Energy on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Amplify Energy

Amplify Energy Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, exploitation, and production of oil and natural gas properties in the United States. The company’s properties consist of operated and non-operated working interests in producing and undeveloped leasehold acreage, as well as working interests in identified producing wells located in Oklahoma, the Rockies, federal waters offshore Southern California, East Texas/North Louisiana, and Eagle Ford. The company is based in Houston, Texas.

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.