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Diversified Energy (DEC) Competitors

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DEC vs. NOG, CRGY, LBRT, SOC, SDRL, BKV, PARR, TALO, CLMT, and MNR

Should you be buying Diversified Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diversified Energy include Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Sable Offshore (SOC), Seadrill (SDRL), BKV (BKV), Par Pacific (PARR), Talos Energy (TALO), Calumet (CLMT), and Mach Natural Resources (MNR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Diversified Energy vs. Its Competitors

Diversified Energy (NYSE:DEC) and Northern Oil and Gas (NYSE:NOG) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Northern Oil and Gas has a net margin of 23.62% compared to Diversified Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Northern Oil and Gas' return on equity of 22.12% beat Diversified Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Diversified EnergyN/A N/A N/A
Northern Oil and Gas 23.62%22.12%9.49%

26.5% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Northern Oil and Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Northern Oil and Gas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Northern Oil and Gas pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Northern Oil and Gas pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northern Oil and Gas has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Northern Oil and Gas is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Northern Oil and Gas has higher revenue and earnings than Diversified Energy.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Diversified Energy$794.84M0.76-$88.27MN/AN/A
Northern Oil and Gas$2.23B0.94$520.31M$6.063.52

Diversified Energy presently has a consensus target price of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 70.77%. Northern Oil and Gas has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.61%. Given Diversified Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Diversified Energy is more favorable than Northern Oil and Gas.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Diversified Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Northern Oil and Gas
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

In the previous week, Northern Oil and Gas had 2 more articles in the media than Diversified Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Northern Oil and Gas and 8 mentions for Diversified Energy. Northern Oil and Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Diversified Energy's score of 0.29 indicating that Northern Oil and Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Diversified Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Northern Oil and Gas
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northern Oil and Gas has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Northern Oil and Gas beats Diversified Energy on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DEC vs. The Competition

MetricDiversified EnergyOther Alt Energy IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$619.19M$10.83B$7.86B$22.00B
Dividend Yield6.32%4.13%10.88%3.61%
P/E RatioN/A91.7015.6932.73
Price / Sales0.761,201.401,514.8091.74
Price / Cash1.7732.7936.6024.48
Price / Book1.316.434.404.67
Net Income-$88.27M$276.83M$4.26B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.51%-6.58%-1.59%-0.31%
1 Month Performance-10.07%3.67%-0.44%-0.17%
1 Year Performance7.24%44.34%14.46%11.29%

Diversified Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DEC
Diversified Energy
3.2097 of 5 stars
$12.59
-1.9%
$21.50
+70.8%
+8.3%$619.19M$794.84M0.001,589Analyst Forecast
NOG
Northern Oil and Gas
4.242 of 5 stars
$23.16
+5.1%
$34.38
+48.4%
-42.8%$2.15B$2.22B3.8230News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CRGY
Crescent Energy
3.9982 of 5 stars
$8.61
+6.5%
$15.67
+82.1%
-34.9%$2.06B$3.47B-47.81700
LBRT
Liberty Energy
3.6248 of 5 stars
$12.30
+2.1%
$14.85
+20.7%
-9.2%$1.95B$4.32B9.465,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
SOC
Sable Offshore
2.4054 of 5 stars
$18.63
+1.3%
$30.00
+61.0%
-34.7%$1.83BN/A0.002
SDRL
Seadrill
3.7991 of 5 stars
$29.84
+2.2%
$43.20
+44.8%
-17.2%$1.82B$1.39B26.643,300Positive News
BKV
BKV
2.0089 of 5 stars
$20.96
+2.6%
$27.88
+33.0%
+13.2%$1.73B$580.98M-104.80356Short Interest ↑
PARR
Par Pacific
2.3395 of 5 stars
$35.61
+7.0%
$33.86
-4.9%
+97.7%$1.69B$7.97B-127.171,787Analyst Forecast
TALO
Talos Energy
3.415 of 5 stars
$9.52
+5.0%
$14.43
+51.6%
-5.8%$1.58B$1.97B-9.81440Analyst Revision
CLMT
Calumet
0.4158 of 5 stars
$18.28
+3.4%
$18.71
+2.3%
-11.7%$1.53B$4.19B-3.501,620
MNR
Mach Natural Resources
4.9887 of 5 stars
$12.28
+0.2%
$23.00
+87.3%
N/A$1.45B$969.63M6.33N/A

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This page (NYSE:DEC) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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