BRY vs. EGY, SD, WTI, SBOW, TXO, SOC, REPX, GPRK, TTI, and DEC
Should you be buying Berry stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berry include VAALCO Energy (EGY), SandRidge Energy (SD), W&T Offshore (WTI), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), TXO Partners (TXO), Sable Offshore (SOC), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), GeoPark (GPRK), TETRA Technologies (TTI), and Diversified Energy (DEC). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Berry (NASDAQ:BRY) and VAALCO Energy (NYSE:EGY) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.
VAALCO Energy has a net margin of 13.60% compared to Berry's net margin of 0.41%. VAALCO Energy's return on equity of 14.04% beat Berry's return on equity.
Berry received 5 more outperform votes than VAALCO Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.05% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote while only 55.94% of users gave Berry an outperform vote.
94.9% of Berry shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Berry shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of VAALCO Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Berry pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Berry pays out 4,800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VAALCO Energy pays out 41.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Berry has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Berry presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.38%. Given Berry's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Berry is more favorable than VAALCO Energy.
VAALCO Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Berry. VAALCO Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Berry, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, VAALCO Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Berry. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for VAALCO Energy and 7 mentions for Berry. Berry's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat VAALCO Energy's score of 1.02 indicating that Berry is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
VAALCO Energy beats Berry on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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