REPX vs. GPRK, BRY, TTI, SD, TXO, DEC, VTS, GFR, WTI, and SOC
Should you be buying Riley Exploration Permian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Riley Exploration Permian include GeoPark (GPRK), Berry (BRY), TETRA Technologies (TTI), SandRidge Energy (SD), TXO Partners (TXO), Diversified Energy (DEC), Vitesse Energy (VTS), Greenfire Resources (GFR), W&T Offshore (WTI), and Sable Offshore (SOC). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
GeoPark (NYSE:GPRK) and Riley Exploration Permian (NYSE:REPX) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
In the previous week, GeoPark and GeoPark both had 2 articles in the media. GeoPark's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Riley Exploration Permian's score of 0.68 indicating that Riley Exploration Permian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
GeoPark has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Riley Exploration Permian has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
68.2% of GeoPark shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.9% of Riley Exploration Permian shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Riley Exploration Permian shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
GeoPark currently has a consensus price target of $13.17, suggesting a potential upside of 32.33%. Riley Exploration Permian has a consensus price target of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 87.06%. Given GeoPark's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Riley Exploration Permian is more favorable than GeoPark.
GeoPark received 301 more outperform votes than Riley Exploration Permian when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.65% of users gave GeoPark an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave Riley Exploration Permian an outperform vote.
Riley Exploration Permian has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GeoPark. GeoPark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Riley Exploration Permian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GeoPark pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Riley Exploration Permian pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. GeoPark pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Riley Exploration Permian pays out 29.3% 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 raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Riley Exploration Permian has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Riley Exploration Permian has a net margin of 24.16% compared to Riley Exploration Permian's net margin of 15.51%. Riley Exploration Permian's return on equity of 67.81% beat GeoPark's return on equity.
Summary
Riley Exploration Permian beats GeoPark on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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