NEXT vs. VTLE, HPK, DK, HLX, ARRY, VET, DKL, ENVX, PARR, and EE
Should you be buying NextDecade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextDecade include Vital Energy (VTLE), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Delek US (DK), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Array Technologies (ARRY), Vermilion Energy (VET), Delek Logistics Partners (DKL), Enovix (ENVX), Par Pacific (PARR), and Excelerate Energy (EE). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Vital Energy (NYSE:VTLE) and NextDecade (NASDAQ:NEXT) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Vital Energy currently has a consensus price target of $59.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.87%. NextDecade has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.12%. Given NextDecade's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vital Energy is more favorable than NextDecade.
NextDecade received 188 more outperform votes than Vital Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.86% of users gave NextDecade an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Vital Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, NextDecade had 1 more articles in the media than Vital Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for NextDecade and 10 mentions for Vital Energy. NextDecade's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Vital Energy's score of -0.02 indicating that Vital Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vital Energy has a beta of 3.23, meaning that its stock price is 223% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextDecade has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vital Energy has higher revenue and earnings than NextDecade.
Vital Energy has a net margin of 30.34% compared to Vital Energy's net margin of 0.00%. NextDecade's return on equity of 14.22% beat Vital Energy's return on equity.
86.5% of Vital Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of NextDecade shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Vital Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of NextDecade shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Vital Energy beats NextDecade on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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