GFR vs. VTLE, KRP, PARR, DMLP, SBOW, SOC, GRNT, VTS, DEC, and EGY
Should you be buying Greenfire Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greenfire Resources include Vital Energy (VTLE), Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP), Par Pacific (PARR), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), Sable Offshore (SOC), Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT), Vitesse Energy (VTS), Diversified Energy (DEC), and VAALCO Energy (EGY). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Greenfire Resources (NYSE:GFR) and Vital Energy (NYSE:VTLE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Greenfire Resources has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vital Energy has a beta of 3.21, meaning that its stock price is 221% more volatile than the S&P 500.
88.9% of Greenfire Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Vital Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Greenfire Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Vital Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Greenfire Resources and Greenfire Resources both had 6 articles in the media. Vital Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Greenfire Resources' score of 0.61 indicating that Vital Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vital Energy received 17 more outperform votes than Greenfire Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Greenfire Resources an outperform vote while only 36.73% of users gave Vital Energy an outperform vote.
Vital Energy has a net margin of 30.34% compared to Greenfire Resources' net margin of 0.00%. Vital Energy's return on equity of 14.22% beat Greenfire Resources' return on equity.
Greenfire Resources currently has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 72.98%. Vital Energy has a consensus price target of $59.30, suggesting a potential upside of 41.66%. Given Greenfire Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Greenfire Resources is more favorable than Vital Energy.
Vital Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Greenfire Resources.
Summary
Vital Energy beats Greenfire Resources on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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