CRGY vs. VTLE, VET, PARR, AESI, KRP, TALO, DMLP, CRK, GRNT, and SBOW
Should you be buying Crescent Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crescent Energy include Vital Energy (VTLE), Vermilion Energy (VET), Par Pacific (PARR), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP), Talos Energy (TALO), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), Comstock Resources (CRK), Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT), and SilverBow Resources (SBOW). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Vital Energy (NYSE:VTLE) and Crescent Energy (NYSE:CRGY) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Vital Energy has a net margin of 44.91% compared to Vital Energy's net margin of 2.84%. Crescent Energy's return on equity of 17.60% beat Vital Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Crescent Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Vital Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Crescent Energy and 1 mentions for Vital Energy. Crescent Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Vital Energy's score of 0.33 indicating that Vital Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vital Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Crescent Energy. Vital Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crescent Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.5% of Vital Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of Crescent Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Vital Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Crescent Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vital Energy has a beta of 3.23, meaning that its share price is 223% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Energy has a beta of 2.29, meaning that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vital Energy presently has a consensus target price of $59.40, suggesting a potential upside of 11.13%. Crescent Energy has a consensus target price of $16.38, suggesting a potential upside of 51.90%. Given Vital Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Crescent Energy is more favorable than Vital Energy.
Vital Energy received 3 more outperform votes than Crescent Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 48.39% of users gave Crescent Energy an outperform vote while only 39.13% of users gave Vital Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Vital Energy beats Crescent Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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