DEC vs. BPT, GPOR, KOS, IMO, GTE, STR, D4H, MUR, RLD, and BRY
Should you be buying Diversified Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diversified Energy include Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Kosmos Energy (KOS), IMImobile (IMO), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Stride Gaming (STR), Downing FOUR VCT (D4H), Murgitroyd Group (MUR), Richland Resources Ltd (RLD.L) (RLD), and Brady (BRY). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Diversified Energy vs. Its Competitors
Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) and Diversified Energy (LON:DEC) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
20.4% of Bridgepoint Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Bridgepoint Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bridgepoint Group has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Diversified Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Bridgepoint Group. Diversified Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgepoint Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diversified Energy has a net margin of 20.46% compared to Bridgepoint Group's net margin of 16.74%. Diversified Energy's return on equity of 25.51% beat Bridgepoint Group's return on equity.
Bridgepoint Group received 3 more outperform votes than Diversified Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Diversified Energy an outperform vote while only 80.00% of users gave Bridgepoint Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Diversified Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Bridgepoint Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Diversified Energy and 0 mentions for Bridgepoint Group. Diversified Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Bridgepoint Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Diversified Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bridgepoint Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 359.33, indicating a potential upside of 23.74%. Given Bridgepoint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bridgepoint Group is more favorable than Diversified Energy.
Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Bridgepoint Group pays out 163.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Diversified Energy pays out 37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diversified Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Diversified Energy beats Bridgepoint Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:DEC) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
