Berry (BRY) Competitors

Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) and Berry (NASDAQ:BRY) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KOS or BRY?

Kosmos Energy received 268 more outperform votes than Berry when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.31% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote while only 55.79% of users gave Berry an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kosmos Energy	Outperform Votes 528 64.31%	Underperform Votes 293 35.69%
Berry	Outperform Votes 260 55.79%	Underperform Votes 206 44.21%

Which has more risk and volatility, KOS or BRY?

Kosmos Energy has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berry has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer KOS or BRY?

In the previous week, Kosmos Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Berry. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Kosmos Energy and 12 mentions for Berry. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Berry's score of 0.63 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kosmos Energy	10 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Berry	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer KOS or BRY?

Kosmos Energy currently has a consensus target price of $4.93, suggesting a potential upside of 199.90%. Berry has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 91.57%. Given Kosmos Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Berry.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kosmos Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Berry	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is KOS or BRY a better dividend stock?

Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.1810 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Berry pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Kosmos Energy pays out -603.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Berry pays out -25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Kosmos Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is KOS or BRY more profitable?

Kosmos Energy has a net margin of 12.21% compared to Berry's net margin of 9.40%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 31.08% beat Berry's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kosmos Energy	12.21%	31.08%	6.53%
Berry	9.40%	6.50%	2.98%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of KOS or BRY?

95.3% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Berry shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Berry shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, KOS or BRY?

Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Berry. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Berry, 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
Kosmos Energy	$1.55B	0.51	$213.52M	-$0.03	-54.83
Berry	$753.74M	0.27	$37.40M	-$0.47	-5.55

Summary

Kosmos Energy beats Berry on 19 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.