Diversified Energy (DEC) Competitors

Diversified Energy (NYSE:DEC) and Transocean (NYSE:RIG) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DEC or RIG?

26.5% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Transocean shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% of Transocean shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is DEC or RIG a better dividend stock?

Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Transocean pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 25.0%. Transocean pays out -63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to DEC or RIG?

In the previous week, Transocean had 6 more articles in the media than Diversified Energy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Transocean and 8 mentions for Diversified Energy. Diversified Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Transocean's score of 0.47 indicating that Diversified Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Diversified Energy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Transocean	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer DEC or RIG?

Diversified Energy presently has a consensus price target of $20.75, suggesting a potential upside of 49.12%. Transocean has a consensus price target of $4.58, suggesting a potential upside of 90.83%. Given Transocean's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Transocean is more favorable than Diversified Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diversified Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Transocean	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DEC or RIG?

Transocean received 914 more outperform votes than Diversified Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.91% of users gave Diversified Energy an outperform vote while only 51.45% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diversified Energy	Outperform Votes 10 90.91%	Underperform Votes 1 9.09%
Transocean	Outperform Votes 924 51.45%	Underperform Votes 872 48.55%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DEC or RIG?

Diversified Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Transocean.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diversified Energy	$794.84M	0.84	$758.02M	N/A	N/A
Transocean	$3.67B	0.58	-$954M	-$0.95	-2.53

Which has more risk and volatility, DEC or RIG?

Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transocean has a beta of 2.52, indicating that its share price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DEC or RIG more profitable?

Diversified Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Transocean's net margin of -14.53%. Diversified Energy's return on equity of 0.00% beat Transocean's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diversified Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Transocean	-14.53%	-0.52%	-0.27%

Summary

Transocean beats Diversified Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.