Financial Review: Sundance Energy (OTCMKTS:SNDEQ) vs. Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM)

Sundance Energy (OTCMKTS:SNDEQ) and Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Sundance Energy and Black Stone Minerals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sundance Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Black Stone Minerals	67.54%	41.49%	29.65%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sundance Energy and Black Stone Minerals”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sundance Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Black Stone Minerals	$439.43 million	7.37	$422.55 million	$1.15	13.34

Black Stone Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Sundance Energy.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Sundance Energy and Black Stone Minerals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sundance Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00
Black Stone Minerals	0	2	0	0	2.00

Black Stone Minerals has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.27%. Given Black Stone Minerals’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Black Stone Minerals is more favorable than Sundance Energy.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

14.5% of Black Stone Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Sundance Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of Black Stone Minerals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Black Stone Minerals beats Sundance Energy on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sundance Energy

Sundance Energy Inc. operates as an onshore independent oil and natural gas company in North America. The company explores for, develops, and produces oil and natural gas. It focuses on operations on its 41,000 net acres in the Eagle Ford, Live Oak, Atascosa, La Salle, and McMullen counties, South Texas. Sundance Energy, Inc. is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. On March 9, 2021, Sundance Energy Inc., along with its affiliates, filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

About Black Stone Minerals

Black Stone Minerals, L.P., together with its subsidiaries, owns and manages oil and natural gas mineral interests. It owns mineral interests in approximately 16.8 million gross acres, nonparticipating royalty interests in 1.8 million gross acres, and overriding royalty interests in 1.6 million gross acres located in 41 states in the United States. The company was founded in 1876 and is based in Houston, Texas.