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Viper Energy (VNOM) Competitors

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$40.33 -1.37 (-3.29%)
As of 04/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

VNOM vs. WDS, EXE, PBA, CVE, CTRA, EC, YPF, AR, PR, and SUN

Should you be buying Viper Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viper Energy include Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Ecopetrol (EC), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Antero Resources (AR), Permian Resources (PR), and Sunoco (SUN). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Viper Energy vs.

Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) and Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Viper Energy received 532 more outperform votes than Woodside Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.01% of users gave Viper Energy an outperform vote while only 26.32% of users gave Woodside Energy Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Woodside Energy GroupOutperform Votes
5
26.32%
Underperform Votes
14
73.68%
Viper EnergyOutperform Votes
537
65.01%
Underperform Votes
289
34.99%

Viper Energy has a net margin of 24.65% compared to Woodside Energy Group's net margin of 0.00%. Viper Energy's return on equity of 6.72% beat Woodside Energy Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Woodside Energy GroupN/A N/A N/A
Viper Energy 24.65%6.72%4.98%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Woodside Energy Group$13.18B1.87$1.66B$0.8215.83
Viper Energy$859.75M9.99$200.09M$3.6710.99

3.2% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Viper Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Viper Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Viper Energy has a consensus price target of $57.15, suggesting a potential upside of 41.72%. Given Viper Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Viper Energy is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Woodside Energy Group
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Viper Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Viper Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Viper Energy and 17 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. Viper Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Woodside Energy Group's score of 1.03 indicating that Viper Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Woodside Energy Group
9 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Viper Energy
14 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viper Energy has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Viper Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Woodside Energy Group pays out 124.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Viper Energy pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Viper Energy beats Woodside Energy Group on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VNOM vs. The Competition

MetricViper EnergyCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.59B$7.36B$7.01B$7.83B
Dividend Yield2.93%23.88%10.60%4.22%
P/E Ratio17.319.6049.0918.48
Price / Sales9.998.6123,983.53103.59
Price / Cash25.257.3835.5034.62
Price / Book2.501.493.484.25
Net Income$200.09M$1.11B$4.30B$248.23M
7 Day Performance-1.63%-2.23%-1.20%0.89%
1 Month Performance-11.50%-12.25%-6.17%3.53%
1 Year Performance8.62%-18.85%159.32%5.08%

Viper Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VNOM
Viper Energy
4.4762 of 5 stars
$40.33
-3.3%
$57.15
+41.7%
+5.7%$8.59B$859.75M17.31711Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
1.7695 of 5 stars
$12.73
-0.6%
N/A-27.1%$24.17B$13.18B15.524,380Positive News
EXE
Chesapeake Energy
3.9174 of 5 stars
$102.24
-4.0%
$123.11
+20.4%
N/A$23.79B$4.22B63.111,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
PBA
Pembina Pipeline
4.2734 of 5 stars
$37.65
-0.9%
$56.00
+48.7%
+8.6%$21.86B$7.38B15.562,670Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.9398 of 5 stars
$11.89
-1.7%
$29.00
+143.9%
-42.6%$21.67B$57.73B9.836,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CTRA
Coterra Energy
4.9809 of 5 stars
$24.82
-4.0%
$34.10
+37.4%
-10.2%$18.97B$5.46B14.95980Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
EC
Ecopetrol
3.8115 of 5 stars
$9.01
-1.2%
$11.00
+22.1%
-30.4%$18.52B$133.33T4.3118,000Upcoming Earnings
Ex-Dividend
YPF
YPF Sociedad Anónima
3.3411 of 5 stars
$31.79
-3.9%
$40.73
+28.1%
+35.6%$12.50B$19.12B16.0621,300Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Down
AR
Antero Resources
4.1163 of 5 stars
$32.12
-6.7%
$42.44
+32.1%
+2.2%$10.00B$4.12B100.38590Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
PR
Permian Resources
4.9172 of 5 stars
$11.62
-3.4%
$18.73
+61.2%
-29.7%$9.34B$5.00B7.04220Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
SUN
Sunoco
3.3206 of 5 stars
$56.66
-1.0%
$63.83
+12.7%
+2.9%$8.65B$22.69B8.582,300Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓

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