VNOM vs. WDS, EXE, CVE, PBA, CTRA, EC, YPF, AR, PR, and OVV
Should you be buying Viper Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viper Energy include Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Expand Energy (EXE), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Ecopetrol (EC), YPF Sociedad Anonima (YPF), Antero Resources (AR), Permian Resources (PR), and Ovintiv (OVV). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Viper Energy vs. Its Competitors
Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) and Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and profitability.
Viper Energy currently has a consensus price target of $57.00, suggesting a potential upside of 48.40%. Given Viper Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Viper Energy is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.
87.7% of Viper Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Viper Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Viper Energy has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Viper Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Viper Energy and 4 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. Woodside Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Viper Energy's score of 0.98 indicating that Woodside Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Viper Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Viper Energy pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has a net margin of 43.43% compared to Woodside Energy Group's net margin of 0.00%. Viper Energy's return on equity of 5.41% beat Woodside Energy Group's return on equity.
Summary
Viper Energy beats Woodside Energy Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VNOM) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
