VET vs. MTDR, CHRD, VNOM, MUR, SM, CPG, VRN, MGY, SSL, and ERF
Should you be buying Vermilion Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vermilion Energy include Matador Resources (MTDR), Chord Energy (CHRD), Viper Energy (VNOM), Murphy Oil (MUR), SM Energy (SM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Veren (VRN), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Sasol (SSL), and Enerplus (ERF). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET) and Matador Resources (NYSE:MTDR) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
Vermilion Energy presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 101.61%. Matador Resources has a consensus price target of $74.80, suggesting a potential upside of 20.16%. Given Vermilion Energy's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vermilion Energy is more favorable than Matador Resources.
Vermilion Energy has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matador Resources has a beta of 3.33, suggesting that its share price is 233% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Matador Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Vermilion Energy. Vermilion Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Matador Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vermilion Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Matador Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Vermilion Energy pays out -12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Matador Resources pays out 11.0% 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. Vermilion Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Matador Resources received 340 more outperform votes than Vermilion Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.20% of users gave Matador Resources an outperform vote while only 60.83% of users gave Vermilion Energy an outperform vote.
Matador Resources has a net margin of 28.89% compared to Vermilion Energy's net margin of -30.71%. Matador Resources' return on equity of 20.62% beat Vermilion Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Matador Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Vermilion Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Matador Resources and 2 mentions for Vermilion Energy. Vermilion Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Matador Resources' score of 0.82 indicating that Vermilion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
31.9% of Vermilion Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Matador Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vermilion Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Matador Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Matador Resources beats Vermilion Energy on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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