VIST vs. ERF, NOG, CRC, CNX, SSL, BSM, MGY, CRK, CPG, and TALO
Should you be buying Vista Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Energy include Enerplus (ERF), 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.
Enerplus (NYSE:ERF) and Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
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.
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.
58.4% of Enerplus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Vista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Enerplus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Enerplus received 482 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.92% of users gave Enerplus an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.
Enerplus has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Energy has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Enerplus currently has a consensus target price of $21.69, suggesting a potential upside of 8.30%. Vista Energy has a consensus target price of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.58%. Given Enerplus' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vista Energy is more favorable than Enerplus.
In the previous week, Vista Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Enerplus. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Vista Energy and 6 mentions for Enerplus. Vista Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Enerplus' score of 0.47 indicating that Enerplus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Enerplus beats Vista Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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