VTLE vs. VET, PARR, KRP, CRGY, TALO, DMLP, AESI, SBOW, GRNT, and SOC
Should you be buying Vital Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vital Energy include Vermilion Energy (VET), Par Pacific (PARR), Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Talos Energy (TALO), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT), and Sable Offshore (SOC). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Vital Energy (NYSE:VTLE) and Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
86.5% of Vital Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.9% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Vital Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Vital Energy has a beta of 3.23, suggesting that its share price is 223% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vermilion Energy has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vital Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Vermilion Energy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Vital Energy and 4 mentions for Vermilion Energy. Vital Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Vermilion Energy's score of 0.65 indicating that Vital Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vital Energy currently has a consensus price target of $59.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.26%. Vermilion Energy has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 99.52%. Given Vermilion Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vermilion Energy is more favorable than Vital Energy.
Vital Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Vermilion Energy. Vermilion Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vital Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vital Energy has a net margin of 30.34% compared to Vermilion Energy's net margin of -30.71%. Vital Energy's return on equity of 14.22% beat Vermilion Energy's return on equity.
Vermilion Energy received 333 more outperform votes than Vital Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.83% of users gave Vermilion Energy an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Vital Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Vital Energy beats Vermilion Energy on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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