REPX vs. AESI, CRGY, TALO, VET, VTLE, KRP, PARR, DMLP, SBOW, and SOC
Should you be buying Riley Exploration Permian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Riley Exploration Permian include Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Talos Energy (TALO), Vermilion Energy (VET), Vital Energy (VTLE), Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP), Par Pacific (PARR), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), and Sable Offshore (SOC). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Riley Exploration Permian (NYSE:REPX) and Atlas Energy Solutions (NYSE:AESI) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Riley Exploration Permian pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Atlas Energy Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Riley Exploration Permian pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atlas Energy Solutions pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Riley Exploration Permian is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Riley Exploration Permian has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlas Energy Solutions has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Riley Exploration Permian currently has a consensus price target of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 76.93%. Atlas Energy Solutions has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.21%. Given Riley Exploration Permian's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Riley Exploration Permian is more favorable than Atlas Energy Solutions.
Riley Exploration Permian has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Atlas Energy Solutions. Riley Exploration Permian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlas Energy Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
58.9% of Riley Exploration Permian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Riley Exploration Permian shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Riley Exploration Permian and Atlas Energy Solutions both received 19 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 90.48% of users gave Atlas Energy Solutions an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave Riley Exploration Permian an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Riley Exploration Permian and Riley Exploration Permian both had 3 articles in the media. Atlas Energy Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Riley Exploration Permian's score of 0.78 indicating that Atlas Energy Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Riley Exploration Permian has a net margin of 24.16% compared to Atlas Energy Solutions' net margin of 19.98%. Atlas Energy Solutions' return on equity of 29.56% beat Riley Exploration Permian's return on equity.
Summary
Atlas Energy Solutions beats Riley Exploration Permian on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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