DEC vs. BSM, RIG, CRGY, LBRT, BKV, SOC, MNR, SDRL, TALO, and KRP
Should you be buying Diversified Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diversified Energy include Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Transocean (RIG), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Liberty Energy (LBRT), BKV (BKV), Sable Offshore (SOC), Mach Natural Resources (MNR), Seadrill (SDRL), Talos Energy (TALO), and Kimbell Royalty (KRP). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Diversified Energy vs. Its Competitors
Diversified Energy (NYSE:DEC) and Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Black Stone Minerals pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Black Stone Minerals pays out 163.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Diversified Energy presently has a consensus price target of $20.75, suggesting a potential upside of 43.90%. Black Stone Minerals has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.38%. Given Diversified Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Diversified Energy is more favorable than Black Stone Minerals.
Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Stone Minerals has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Black Stone Minerals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Diversified Energy.
Black Stone Minerals has a net margin of 55.74% compared to Diversified Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Black Stone Minerals' return on equity of 32.76% beat Diversified Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Diversified Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Black Stone Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Diversified Energy and 5 mentions for Black Stone Minerals. Diversified Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Black Stone Minerals' score of 0.31 indicating that Diversified Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
26.5% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Diversified Energy beats Black Stone Minerals on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:DEC) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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