PR vs. EC, CTRA, CHK, CHRD, MGY, VRN, SSL, LBRT, BSM, and TALO
Should you be buying Permian Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Permian Resources include Ecopetrol (EC), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Chord Energy (CHRD), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Veren (VRN), Sasol (SSL), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), and Talos Energy (TALO). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Permian Resources (NASDAQ:PR) and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
Ecopetrol has a net margin of 14.35% compared to Permian Resources' net margin of 13.90%. Permian Resources' return on equity of 11.43% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.
Permian Resources presently has a consensus target price of $20.43, indicating a potential upside of 33.43%. Ecopetrol has a consensus target price of $11.27, indicating a potential upside of 5.30%. Given Permian Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Permian Resources is more favorable than Ecopetrol.
91.8% of Permian Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 12.8% of Permian Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Permian Resources has a beta of 4.37, indicating that its stock price is 337% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ecopetrol received 257 more outperform votes than Permian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.84% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote while only 53.29% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote.
Ecopetrol has higher revenue and earnings than Permian Resources. Ecopetrol is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Permian Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Permian Resources had 6 more articles in the media than Ecopetrol. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Permian Resources and 5 mentions for Ecopetrol. Permian Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Ecopetrol's score of 0.08 indicating that Permian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 25.0%. Permian Resources pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ecopetrol pays out 116.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Permian Resources beats Ecopetrol on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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