ARIS vs. VVV, SSL, MGY, CRC, VAL, VIST, RIG, GPOR, CIVI, and BSM
Should you be buying Aris Water Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aris Water Solutions include Valvoline (VVV), Sasol (SSL), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), California Resources (CRC), Valaris (VAL), Vista Energy (VIST), Transocean (RIG), Gulfport Energy (GPOR), Civitas Resources (CIVI), and Black Stone Minerals (BSM). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Aris Water Solutions vs. Its Competitors
Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) and Aris Water Solutions (NYSE:ARIS) are both petroleum and natural gas companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.
Valvoline currently has a consensus price target of $42.77, suggesting a potential upside of 10.44%. Aris Water Solutions has a consensus price target of $26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.17%. Given Valvoline's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Valvoline is more favorable than Aris Water Solutions.
In the previous week, Valvoline had 4 more articles in the media than Aris Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Valvoline and 3 mentions for Aris Water Solutions. Aris Water Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Valvoline's score of 0.71 indicating that Aris Water Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Valvoline has a net margin of 16.43% compared to Aris Water Solutions' net margin of 6.00%. Valvoline's return on equity of 84.85% beat Aris Water Solutions' return on equity.
Valvoline pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Aris Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Valvoline pays out 5.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aris Water Solutions pays out 67.5% 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. Aris Water Solutions has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Aris Water Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
96.1% of Valvoline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.7% of Aris Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Valvoline shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.5% of Aris Water Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valvoline has higher revenue and earnings than Aris Water Solutions. Valvoline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aris Water Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Valvoline has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aris Water Solutions has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Valvoline beats Aris Water Solutions on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ARIS) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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