Diversified Energy (DEC) Competitors

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$16.93 +0.30 (+1.82%)
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DEC vs. VRN, BSM, VAL, RIG, LBRT, SSL, SOC, BKV, HPK, and TALO

Should you be buying Diversified Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diversified Energy include Veren (VRN), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Valaris (VAL), Transocean (RIG), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Sasol (SSL), Sable Offshore (SOC), BKV (BKV), HighPeak Energy (HPK), and Talos Energy (TALO). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Diversified Energy vs.

Diversified Energy (NYSE:DEC) and Veren (NYSE:VRN) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and community ranking.

In the previous week, Diversified Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Veren. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Diversified Energy and 2 mentions for Veren. Diversified Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Veren's score of 0.39 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Veren
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

26.5% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Veren shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Veren shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Veren pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Veren pays out 23.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Diversified Energy$868.26M0.94$758.02MN/AN/A
Veren$2.59B1.24$422.48M$1.403.74

Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veren has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Diversified Energy received 3 more outperform votes than Veren when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Diversified EnergyOutperform Votes
7
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
VerenOutperform Votes
4
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

Diversified Energy currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.83%. Veren has a consensus target price of $12.67, suggesting a potential upside of 141.96%. Given Veren's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Veren 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Veren
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

Veren has a net margin of 26.93% compared to Diversified Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Veren's return on equity of 12.23% beat Diversified Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Diversified EnergyN/A N/A N/A
Veren 26.93%12.23%6.80%

Summary

Veren beats Diversified Energy on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DEC vs. The Competition

MetricDiversified EnergyCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$816.51M$8.49B$9.08B$20.30B
Dividend Yield4.90%23.51%11.71%3.68%
P/E RatioN/A12.2511.7945.83
Price / Sales0.946.45286.8916.48
Price / Cash2.717.2411.9120.33
Price / Book1.361.774.165.73
Net Income$758.02M$1.15B$901.73M$1.00B
7 Day Performance1.85%0.21%0.00%0.13%
1 Month Performance4.02%-4.38%-2.86%1.37%
1 Year Performance42.41%3.18%406.22%16.03%

Diversified Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DEC
Diversified Energy
4.0861 of 5 stars
$16.93
+1.8%
$23.00
+35.8%
+42.4%$816.51M$868.26M0.001,214Short Interest ↓
Positive News
VRN
Veren
3.9207 of 5 stars
$5.24
-0.5%
$12.67
+142.0%
N/A$3.21B$2.59B3.74777
BSM
Black Stone Minerals
1.5474 of 5 stars
$15.13
+0.0%
$14.00
-7.4%
-0.6%$3.19B$592.22M9.34110
VAL
Valaris
4.0896 of 5 stars
$44.50
-2.7%
$56.83
+27.7%
-30.5%$3.16B$2.26B3.065,985Upcoming Earnings
RIG
Transocean
4.3364 of 5 stars
$3.54
-2.6%
$5.94
+68.1%
-27.7%$3.10B$2.83B-4.715,800Analyst Revision
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.5765 of 5 stars
$17.92
+2.3%
$22.30
+24.5%
-15.1%$2.93B$4.32B9.585,500Positive News
SSL
Sasol
2.8185 of 5 stars
$4.48
-0.8%
N/A-45.8%$2.90B$14.72B0.0028,141Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
SOC
Sable Offshore
0.8397 of 5 stars
$30.56
-0.2%
$25.00
-18.2%
+153.2%$2.72BN/A0.002High Trading Volume
BKV
BKV
N/A$23.68
-1.3%
$28.38
+19.8%
N/A$2.00BN/A0.00356Analyst Forecast
HPK
HighPeak Energy
1.5592 of 5 stars
$14.48
+1.5%
$15.00
+3.6%
-8.8%$1.83B$1.11B11.4030
TALO
Talos Energy
4.1352 of 5 stars
$9.35
-0.5%
$15.83
+69.4%
-29.0%$1.68B$1.46B17.31440Positive News

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