ERF vs. VIST, NOG, CRC, CNX, SSL, BSM, MGY, CRK, CPG, and TALO
Should you be buying Enerplus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerplus include Vista Energy (VIST), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), California Resources (CRC), CNX Resources (CNX), Sasol (SSL), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Comstock Resources (CRK), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), and Talos Energy (TALO). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) and Enerplus (NYSE:ERF) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
Vista Energy has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enerplus has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vista Energy currently has a consensus target price of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.06%. Enerplus has a consensus target price of $21.69, suggesting a potential upside of 10.90%. Given Enerplus' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Vista Energy is more favorable than Enerplus.
Enerplus has higher revenue and earnings than Vista Energy. Enerplus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vista Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vista Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Enerplus. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Vista Energy and 8 mentions for Enerplus. Enerplus' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Vista Energy's score of 0.32 indicating that Vista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Enerplus received 482 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.00% of users gave Enerplus an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.
Vista Energy has a net margin of 30.24% compared to Vista Energy's net margin of 27.67%. Vista Energy's return on equity of 40.36% beat Enerplus' return on equity.
63.8% of Vista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Enerplus shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Enerplus shares are owned 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.
Summary
Enerplus beats Vista Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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