DCC vs. VVO, NWF, HYR, HBR, KOS, ENOG, TTE, WG, ITH, and YCA
Should you be buying DCC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DCC include Vivo Energy (VVO), NWF Group (NWF), Hydrodec Group (HYR), Harbour Energy (HBR), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Energean (ENOG), TotalEnergies (TTE), John Wood Group (WG), Ithaca Energy (ITH), and Yellow Cake (YCA).
DCC (LON:DCC) and Vivo Energy (LON:VVO) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
DCC has higher revenue and earnings than Vivo Energy. DCC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vivo Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DCC currently has a consensus price target of GBX 6,252.40, suggesting a potential upside of 17.31%. Given DCC's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe DCC is more favorable than Vivo Energy.
DCC received 432 more outperform votes than Vivo Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.66% of users gave Vivo Energy an outperform vote while only 71.81% of users gave DCC an outperform vote.
79.5% of DCC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of DCC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
DCC has a net margin of 1.64% compared to Vivo Energy's net margin of 0.00%. DCC's return on equity of 10.91% beat Vivo Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, DCC had 15 more articles in the media than Vivo Energy. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for DCC and 1 mentions for Vivo Energy. Vivo Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat DCC's score of -0.04 indicating that Vivo Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DCC pays an annual dividend of GBX 197 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Vivo Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. DCC pays out 5,969.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vivo Energy pays out 60.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
DCC beats Vivo Energy on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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