El Paso (EP) Competitors

Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS) and El Paso (NYSE:EP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, VTS or EP?

Vitesse Energy has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, El Paso has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VTS or EP?

El Paso received 91 more outperform votes than Vitesse Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Vitesse Energy an outperform vote while only 66.88% of users gave El Paso an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vitesse Energy	Outperform Votes 12 75.00%	Underperform Votes 4 25.00%
El Paso	Outperform Votes 103 66.88%	Underperform Votes 51 33.12%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of VTS or EP?

51.6% of Vitesse Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 18.2% of Vitesse Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.8% of El Paso shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, VTS or EP?

Vitesse Energy has higher revenue and earnings than El Paso. El Paso is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vitesse Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vitesse Energy	$242.00M	3.16	-$19.74M	$0.64	31.00
El Paso	$40.08M	3.31	-$20.85M	-$0.62	-6.36

Is VTS or EP more profitable?

Vitesse Energy has a net margin of 18.05% compared to El Paso's net margin of 0.00%. Vitesse Energy's return on equity of 7.25% beat El Paso's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vitesse Energy	18.05%	7.25%	4.95%
El Paso	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer VTS or EP?

Vitesse Energy presently has a consensus target price of $30.25, indicating a potential upside of 52.47%. Given Vitesse Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Vitesse Energy is more favorable than El Paso.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vitesse Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
El Paso	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer VTS or EP?

In the previous week, Vitesse Energy had 1 more articles in the media than El Paso. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Vitesse Energy and 9 mentions for El Paso. Vitesse Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat El Paso's score of 0.00 indicating that Vitesse Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vitesse Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
El Paso	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Vitesse Energy beats El Paso on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.