ProFrac (ACDC) Competitors

Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) and ProFrac (NASDAQ:ACDC) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VIST or ACDC?

Vista Energy received 15 more outperform votes than ProFrac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.00% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote while only 26.67% of users gave ProFrac an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vista Energy	Outperform Votes 23 46.00%	Underperform Votes 27 54.00%
ProFrac	Outperform Votes 8 26.67%	Underperform Votes 22 73.33%

Do analysts recommend VIST or ACDC?

Vista Energy currently has a consensus price target of $65.68, indicating a potential upside of 25.65%. ProFrac has a consensus price target of $6.90, indicating a potential downside of 27.60%. Given Vista Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vista Energy is more favorable than ProFrac.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vista Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ProFrac	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, VIST or ACDC?

Vista Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ProFrac. ProFrac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vista Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vista Energy	$1.77B	2.81	$396.95M	$4.78	10.94
ProFrac	$2.21B	0.69	-$97.70M	-$1.49	-6.40

Is VIST or ACDC more profitable?

Vista Energy has a net margin of 34.78% compared to ProFrac's net margin of -9.51%. Vista Energy's return on equity of 30.06% beat ProFrac's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vista Energy	34.78%	30.06%	13.60%
ProFrac	-9.51%	-3.54%	-1.41%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in VIST or ACDC?

63.8% of Vista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.8% of ProFrac shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of ProFrac shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, VIST or ACDC?

Vista Energy has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProFrac has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor VIST or ACDC?

In the previous week, Vista Energy and Vista Energy both had 6 articles in the media. Vista Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat ProFrac's score of 0.94 indicating that Vista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vista Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ProFrac	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Vista Energy beats ProFrac on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.