DEC vs. BRY, VTS, SOC, EGY, TTI, REPX, TXO, GPRK, SD, and GRNT
Should you be buying Diversified Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diversified Energy include Berry (BRY), Vitesse Energy (VTS), Sable Offshore (SOC), VAALCO Energy (EGY), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), TXO Partners (TXO), GeoPark (GPRK), SandRidge Energy (SD), and Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Diversified Energy (NYSE:DEC) and Berry (NASDAQ:BRY) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
26.5% of Diversified Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Berry shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Berry shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Berry has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.47%. Given Berry's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Berry is more favorable than Diversified Energy.
Berry has a net margin of 4.14% compared to Diversified Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Berry's return on equity of 5.27% beat Diversified Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Berry had 3 more articles in the media than Diversified Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Berry and 1 mentions for Diversified Energy. Berry's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Diversified Energy's score of -1.00 indicating that Berry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Diversified Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Berry.
Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Berry pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Berry pays out 104.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Berry received 259 more outperform votes than Diversified Energy when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Berry beats Diversified Energy on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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