VTS vs. DEC, EGY, REPX, SOC, BRY, GRNT, TXO, SBOW, GPRK, and SD
Should you be buying Vitesse Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vitesse Energy include Diversified Energy (DEC), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), Sable Offshore (SOC), Berry (BRY), Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT), TXO Partners (TXO), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), GeoPark (GPRK), and SandRidge Energy (SD). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Diversified Energy (NYSE:DEC) and Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
Vitesse Energy has a net margin of 10.92% compared to Vitesse Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Diversified Energy's return on equity of 7.78% beat Vitesse Energy's return on equity.
Vitesse Energy has a consensus price target of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.31%. Given Diversified Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vitesse Energy is more favorable than Diversified Energy.
26.5% of Diversified Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Vitesse Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 15.8% of Vitesse Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Vitesse Energy received 7 more outperform votes than Diversified Energy when rated by MarketBeat users.
Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Vitesse Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Vitesse Energy pays out 238.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Vitesse Energy had 12 more articles in the media than Diversified Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Vitesse Energy and 1 mentions for Diversified Energy. Diversified Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Vitesse Energy's score of 0.67 indicating that Vitesse Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Diversified Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Vitesse Energy.
Summary
Vitesse Energy beats Diversified Energy on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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