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BRY vs. APA, CHRD, FANG, BTE, CIVI, MTDR, MUR, OVV, SM, 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), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Ovintiv (OVV), SM Energy (SM), and Vital Energy (VTLE). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Berry vs. Its Competitors

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

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
APA10.53% 20.98% 7.21%
Berry 0.60%5.27%2.48%

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
APA$9.74B0.86$804M$2.997.84
Berry$776.50M0.33$19.25M$0.0746.71

APA presently has a consensus price target of $23.72, indicating a potential upside of 1.20%. Berry has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.32%. Given Berry's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Berry is more favorable than APA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
APA
3 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Berry
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Berry shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of APA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Berry shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Berry pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. APA pays out 33.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, APA had 26 more articles in the media than Berry. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for APA and 18 mentions for Berry. Berry's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat APA's score of 0.48 indicating that Berry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
APA
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Berry
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

APA has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berry has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

APA beats Berry on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BRY vs. The Competition

MetricBerryOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$244.43M$12.93B$7.70B$9.85B
Dividend Yield3.81%3.97%10.79%4.51%
P/E Ratio46.7123.7639.8726.43
Price / Sales0.336.74559.86119.09
Price / Cash1.0720.4036.0058.92
Price / Book0.342.363.866.06
Net Income$19.25M$794.69M$4.28B$266.28M
7 Day Performance-2.10%-2.08%-0.35%-0.32%
1 Month Performance10.85%-2.40%2.88%3.44%
1 Year Performance-41.50%-3.43%15.07%23.11%

Berry Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRY
Berry
3.9055 of 5 stars
$3.27
+3.8%
$4.00
+22.3%
-43.0%$244.43M$776.50M46.711,370News Coverage
APA
APA
2.2633 of 5 stars
$22.36
+3.3%
$23.94
+7.1%
-9.5%$7.74B$9.74B7.482,305Trending News
Analyst Revision
CHRD
Chord Energy
3.9389 of 5 stars
$107.04
+1.0%
$148.92
+39.1%
-22.5%$6.07B$5.25B27.24530
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.8113 of 5 stars
$145.27
+1.4%
$193.33
+33.1%
-22.5%$41.48B$11.07B10.321,983Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.4739 of 5 stars
$2.14
-20.9%
$5.50
+157.6%
-30.4%$1.64B$3.07B9.73231
CIVI
Civitas Resources
4.2277 of 5 stars
$34.45
+2.9%
$48.46
+40.7%
-37.3%$3.10B$5.21B4.36350Short Interest ↑
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.3135 of 5 stars
$49.38
+2.1%
$67.60
+36.9%
-3.8%$6.02B$3.50B7.23290Analyst Forecast
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.7626 of 5 stars
$24.36
+1.2%
$29.69
+21.9%
-27.4%$3.43B$3.03B12.62690Analyst Revision
OVV
Ovintiv
4.3707 of 5 stars
$41.26
+0.8%
$53.07
+28.6%
+4.3%$10.52B$9.21B18.261,623Positive News
Analyst Revision
SM
SM Energy
4.2487 of 5 stars
$28.39
+2.2%
$42.50
+49.7%
-32.6%$3.19B$2.69B4.01540
VTLE
Vital Energy
2.5434 of 5 stars
$18.15
+14.9%
$28.20
+55.4%
-45.7%$611.06M$1.95B-0.92290High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:BRY) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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