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BRY vs. APA, CHRD, FANG, BTE, CIVI, MGY, MTDR, MUR, OVV, and VTLE

Should you be buying Berry stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berry include APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Baytex Energy (BTE), Civitas Resources (CIVI), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Ovintiv (OVV), and Vital Energy (VTLE). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Berry vs. Its Competitors

Berry (NASDAQ:BRY) and APA (NASDAQ:APA) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

Berry currently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.71%. APA has a consensus price target of $23.24, indicating a potential downside of 5.32%. Given Berry's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Berry is more favorable than APA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Berry
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
APA
3 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, APA had 15 more articles in the media than Berry. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for APA and 0 mentions for Berry. APA's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Berry's score of 0.00 indicating that APA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Berry Neutral
APA Positive

APA has a net margin of 10.53% compared to Berry's net margin of 0.60%. APA's return on equity of 20.98% beat Berry's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Berry0.60% 5.27% 2.48%
APA 10.53%20.98%7.21%

Berry has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, APA has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

APA has higher revenue and earnings than Berry. APA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Berry, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Berry$776.50M0.38$19.25M$0.0754.57
APA$9.74B0.90$804M$2.998.21

Berry pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Berry pays out 171.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. APA pays out 33.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. APA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

94.9% of Berry shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Berry shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of APA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

APA beats Berry on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BRY vs. The Competition

MetricBerryOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$296.42M$12.90B$8.07B$10.58B
Dividend Yield3.14%3.98%10.74%4.69%
P/E Ratio54.5724.3777.8926.71
Price / Sales0.386.771,548.99130.98
Price / Cash1.2921.3436.4461.31
Price / Book0.402.294.446.55
Net Income$19.25M$794.69M$4.28B$277.50M
7 Day Performance-4.74%-2.11%-0.26%2.42%
1 Month Performance19.00%0.50%4.77%8.63%
1 Year Performance-29.26%-11.56%15.52%31.60%

Berry Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRY
Berry
3.5711 of 5 stars
$3.82
+3.2%
$4.00
+4.7%
-29.3%$296.42M$776.50M54.571,070
APA
APA
2.5143 of 5 stars
$24.34
-1.4%
$23.78
-2.3%
-8.7%$8.83B$9.74B8.142,305
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.4498 of 5 stars
$101.19
-3.2%
$147.15
+45.4%
-27.4%$5.99B$5.30B25.75530Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.7539 of 5 stars
$143.58
-3.2%
$193.39
+34.7%
-24.2%$42.92B$11.07B10.201,983Positive News
Analyst Revision
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.979 of 5 stars
$2.44
-9.8%
$5.50
+125.9%
-28.9%$1.94B$3.07B11.45231News Coverage
CIVI
Civitas Resources
4.6837 of 5 stars
$31.86
-4.3%
$47.92
+50.4%
-35.8%$3.08B$5.21B4.03350Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.6071 of 5 stars
$24.17
-4.3%
$26.42
+9.3%
-12.0%$4.82B$1.32B12.65210Positive News
Analyst Revision
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.3066 of 5 stars
$45.65
-6.9%
$67.27
+47.4%
-16.7%$6.10B$3.50B6.68290
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.1735 of 5 stars
$28.97
-3.5%
$29.54
+2.0%
-15.4%$4.29B$3.03B15.01690Dividend Announcement
OVV
Ovintiv
4.3746 of 5 stars
$40.67
-5.8%
$52.69
+29.5%
-7.8%$11.10B$9.15B18.001,623News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
VTLE
Vital Energy
3.3009 of 5 stars
$17.04
-7.1%
$27.80
+63.2%
-44.8%$709.74M$1.94B-0.86290Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BRY) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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