VNOM vs. SU, EXE, WDS, CVE, PBA, CTRA, EC, YPF, AR, and PR
Should you be buying Viper Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viper Energy include Suncor Energy (SU), Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Ecopetrol (EC), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Antero Resources (AR), and Permian Resources (PR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Viper Energy vs.
Suncor Energy (NYSE:SU) and Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Suncor Energy presently has a consensus price target of $64.67, indicating a potential upside of 71.90%. Viper Energy has a consensus price target of $56.85, indicating a potential upside of 38.01%. Given Suncor Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Suncor Energy is more favorable than Viper Energy.
Suncor Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Viper Energy. Viper Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Suncor Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Viper Energy had 28 more articles in the media than Suncor Energy. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Viper Energy and 4 mentions for Suncor Energy. Suncor Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Viper Energy's score of 1.06 indicating that Suncor Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Suncor Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Viper Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Suncor Energy pays out 47.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Viper Energy pays out 31.6% 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. Suncor Energy has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Suncor Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Suncor Energy has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viper Energy has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Suncor Energy received 495 more outperform votes than Viper Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.03% of users gave Suncor Energy an outperform vote while only 65.24% of users gave Viper Energy an outperform vote.
Viper Energy has a net margin of 24.65% compared to Suncor Energy's net margin of 11.80%. Suncor Energy's return on equity of 15.37% beat Viper Energy's return on equity.
67.4% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Viper Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Viper Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Suncor Energy beats Viper Energy on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:VNOM) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
