VIST vs. EQT, MRO, OVV, PR, CHK, APA, AR, RRC, SWN, and HESM
Should you be buying Vista Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Energy include EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), APA (APA), Antero Resources (AR), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), and Hess Midstream (HESM). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
EQT (NYSE:EQT) and Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Vista Energy has a net margin of 30.24% compared to Vista Energy's net margin of 10.96%. EQT's return on equity of 39.92% beat Vista Energy's return on equity.
EQT received 785 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.17% of users gave EQT an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.
EQT currently has a consensus price target of $44.94, indicating a potential upside of 9.37%. Vista Energy has a consensus price target of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.26%. Given Vista Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe EQT is more favorable than Vista Energy.
EQT has higher revenue and earnings than Vista Energy. Vista Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, EQT had 11 more articles in the media than Vista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for EQT and 6 mentions for Vista Energy. EQT's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Vista Energy's score of 0.29 indicating that Vista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EQT has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Energy has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
90.8% of EQT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Vista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of EQT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
EQT beats Vista Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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