VTLE vs. VNOM, MUR, SM, CPG, VRN, MGY, VIST, SSL, ERF, and NOG
Should you be buying Vital Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vital Energy include Viper Energy (VNOM), Murphy Oil (MUR), SM Energy (SM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Veren (VRN), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Vista Energy (VIST), Sasol (SSL), Enerplus (ERF), and Northern Oil and Gas (NOG). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) and Vital Energy (NYSE:VTLE) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Vital Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Viper Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Vital Energy and 3 mentions for Viper Energy. Viper Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Vital Energy's score of 0.54 indicating that Vital Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vital Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Viper Energy. Vital Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viper Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Viper Energy has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vital Energy has a beta of 3.23, indicating that its stock price is 223% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.7% of Viper Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Vital Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Viper Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Vital Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Viper Energy received 484 more outperform votes than Vital Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.95% of users gave Viper Energy an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Vital Energy an outperform vote.
Vital Energy has a net margin of 30.34% compared to Vital Energy's net margin of 24.24%. Viper Energy's return on equity of 14.22% beat Vital Energy's return on equity.
Viper Energy currently has a consensus target price of $41.29, indicating a potential upside of 7.35%. Vital Energy has a consensus target price of $59.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.80%. Given Viper Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vital Energy is more favorable than Viper Energy.
Summary
Vital Energy beats Viper Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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