GPRK vs. CRGY, TALO, VET, VTLE, KRP, PARR, DMLP, SBOW, SOC, and GRNT
Should you be buying GeoPark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GeoPark include 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), Sable Offshore (SOC), and Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Crescent Energy (NYSE:CRGY) and GeoPark (NYSE:GPRK) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Crescent Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. GeoPark pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Crescent Energy pays out -240.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GeoPark pays out 26.5% 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. GeoPark has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. GeoPark is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Crescent Energy has a beta of 2.29, indicating that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GeoPark has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GeoPark has a net margin of 15.51% compared to GeoPark's net margin of -0.67%. Crescent Energy's return on equity of 67.81% beat GeoPark's return on equity.
GeoPark received 304 more outperform votes than Crescent Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.65% of users gave GeoPark an outperform vote while only 48.48% of users gave Crescent Energy an outperform vote.
Crescent Energy currently has a consensus price target of $16.63, indicating a potential upside of 31.94%. GeoPark has a consensus price target of $13.17, indicating a potential upside of 26.12%. Given GeoPark's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Energy is more favorable than GeoPark.
In the previous week, Crescent Energy had 3 more articles in the media than GeoPark. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Crescent Energy and 1 mentions for GeoPark. GeoPark's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Crescent Energy's score of 1.10 indicating that Crescent Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
GeoPark has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Crescent Energy. Crescent Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GeoPark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
52.1% of Crescent Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of GeoPark shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of Crescent Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of GeoPark shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
GeoPark beats Crescent Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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