EFXT vs. VTS, NBR, NGL, DRQ, BRY, DEC, EGY, SBOW, METC, and NPWR
Should you be buying Enerflex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerflex include Vitesse Energy (VTS), Nabors Industries (NBR), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), Dril-Quip (DRQ), Berry (BRY), Diversified Energy (DEC), VAALCO Energy (EGY), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), Ramaco Resources (METC), and NET Power (NPWR). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Enerflex (NYSE:EFXT) and Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
46.5% of Enerflex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Vitesse Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 15.8% of Vitesse Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Enerflex has a beta of 2.43, meaning that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vitesse Energy has a beta of -0.09, meaning that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Enerflex pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Vitesse Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Enerflex pays out -10.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vitesse Energy pays out -263.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Vitesse Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Enerflex had 1 more articles in the media than Vitesse Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Enerflex and 1 mentions for Vitesse Energy. Vitesse Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Enerflex's score of 0.00 indicating that Vitesse Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vitesse Energy received 4 more outperform votes than Enerflex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.78% of users gave Vitesse Energy an outperform vote while only 18.75% of users gave Enerflex an outperform vote.
Enerflex presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 84.56%. Vitesse Energy has a consensus price target of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.24%. Given Enerflex's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Enerflex is more favorable than Vitesse Energy.
Vitesse Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Enerflex. Vitesse Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enerflex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enerflex has a net margin of -3.47% compared to Vitesse Energy's net margin of -9.22%. Enerflex's return on equity of 0.11% beat Vitesse Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Vitesse Energy beats Enerflex on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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