GRNT vs. VAL, NOG, CIVI, RIG, SSL, SOC, CRGY, LBRT, BKV, and MNR
Should you be buying Granite Ridge Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Granite Ridge Resources include Valaris (VAL), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Civitas Resources (CIVI), Transocean (RIG), Sasol (SSL), Sable Offshore (SOC), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Liberty Energy (LBRT), BKV (BKV), and Mach Natural Resources (MNR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Granite Ridge Resources vs.
Valaris (NYSE:VAL) and Granite Ridge Resources (NYSE:GRNT) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Valaris received 12 more outperform votes than Granite Ridge Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Granite Ridge Resources an outperform vote while only 31.03% of users gave Valaris an outperform vote.
96.7% of Valaris shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.6% of Granite Ridge Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Valaris shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Granite Ridge Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valaris has a net margin of 15.81% compared to Granite Ridge Resources' net margin of 12.59%. Valaris' return on equity of 17.40% beat Granite Ridge Resources' return on equity.
Valaris pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Granite Ridge Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Valaris pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Granite Ridge Resources pays out 488.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Valaris currently has a consensus target price of $49.17, indicating a potential upside of 37.74%. Granite Ridge Resources has a consensus target price of $7.33, indicating a potential upside of 33.45%. Given Valaris' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Valaris is more favorable than Granite Ridge Resources.
In the previous week, Granite Ridge Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Valaris. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Granite Ridge Resources and 6 mentions for Valaris. Valaris' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Granite Ridge Resources' score of 1.15 indicating that Valaris is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Valaris has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Ridge Resources has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valaris has higher revenue and earnings than Granite Ridge Resources. Valaris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Ridge Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Valaris beats Granite Ridge Resources on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GRNT) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff