Expand Energy Corporation (EXE) vs Diamondback Energy, Inc. (FANG)

Expand Energy Corporation and Diamondback Energy, Inc. are both Oil & Gas E&P companies. Diamondback Energy, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $52.3B against $20.1B — 2.6× the size. Expand Energy Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 7.5× against 36.4×. Expand Energy Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 59.3% against 21.5%. Expand Energy Corporation has the higher net margin (20.5% vs 8.58%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.3% vs 1.20%). Both pay a dividend; Diamondback Energy, Inc. yields more (5.25% vs 3.86%). Across the 22 metrics below, Expand Energy Corporation leads on 16 and Diamondback Energy, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric EXE FANG Oil & Gas E&P median
P/E 7.46 36.39 10.57
P/S 1.52 3.07 1.80
P/B 1.07 1.19 1.27
Price to free cash flow 8.03 5.99 9.99
EV/EBITDA 3.81 10.22 5.08
EV/Sales 1.80 3.78 2.39
Earnings yield 13.40% 2.75% 6.06%
Free cash flow yield 12.45% 16.70% 6.17%

Profitability

Metric EXE FANG Oil & Gas E&P median
Gross margin 80.66% 84.75% 80.41%
Operating margin 26.94% 6.33% 21.39%
Net margin 20.46% 8.58% 14.17%
Free cash flow margin 18.94% 51.26% 9.71%
Return on equity 14.89% 3.38% 10.05%
Return on assets 9.97% 2.06% 5.81%
Return on invested capital 10.25% 1.20% 6.32%

Growth

Metric EXE FANG Oil & Gas E&P median
Revenue growth (TTM) 59.29% 21.45% 9.94%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 266.37% (63.10%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 18.27% 39.81% 18.67%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric EXE FANG Oil & Gas E&P median
Debt to equity 0.19 0.29 0.28
Current ratio 0.96 0.47 0.96
Net debt to EBITDA 0.82 2.28 0.91

Dividend

Metric EXE FANG Oil & Gas E&P median
Dividend yield 3.86% 5.25% 4.93%
Payout ratio 0.19 0.47 0.07

Size

Metric EXE FANG Oil & Gas E&P median
Market cap 20.07b 52.34b 923.59m

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