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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Veren beats Diversified Energy on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DEC) was last updated on 2/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff