VTS vs. KOS, AESI, CRGY, TALO, VET, VTLE, KRP, PARR, DMLP, and SBOW
Should you be buying Vitesse Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vitesse Energy include Kosmos Energy (KOS), 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), and SilverBow Resources (SBOW). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) and Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Kosmos Energy received 512 more outperform votes than Vitesse Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Vitesse Energy an outperform vote while only 64.88% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.
Kosmos Energy has a net margin of 12.85% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 10.92%. Vitesse Energy's return on equity of 39.32% beat Kosmos Energy's return on equity.
Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.36, meaning that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vitesse Energy has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kosmos Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Vitesse Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Kosmos Energy and 0 mentions for Vitesse Energy. Vitesse Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 1.04 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.3% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Vitesse Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of Vitesse Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Vitesse Energy. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vitesse Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kosmos Energy currently has a consensus price target of $9.63, suggesting a potential upside of 57.79%. Vitesse Energy has a consensus price target of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.63%. Given Vitesse Energy's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Vitesse Energy.
Summary
Kosmos Energy beats Vitesse Energy on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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