LBRT vs. PR, CHK, CHRD, MGY, VRN, SSL, CRC, BSM, TALO, and VET
Should you be buying Liberty Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Energy include Permian Resources (PR), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Chord Energy (CHRD), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Veren (VRN), Sasol (SSL), California Resources (CRC), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Talos Energy (TALO), and Vermilion Energy (VET). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) and Permian Resources (NASDAQ:PR) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
Liberty Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Liberty Energy pays out 10.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Permian Resources pays out 21.8% 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.
Liberty Energy has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Permian Resources has a beta of 4.37, suggesting that its share price is 337% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Permian Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Liberty Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Permian Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Permian Resources has a net margin of 13.90% compared to Liberty Energy's net margin of 9.53%. Liberty Energy's return on equity of 22.85% beat Permian Resources' return on equity.
Liberty Energy presently has a consensus price target of $24.78, indicating a potential upside of 7.92%. Permian Resources has a consensus price target of $20.43, indicating a potential upside of 33.43%. Given Permian Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Permian Resources is more favorable than Liberty Energy.
Liberty Energy received 298 more outperform votes than Permian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.34% of users gave Liberty Energy an outperform vote while only 55.84% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Liberty Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Permian Resources. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Liberty Energy and 12 mentions for Permian Resources. Permian Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Liberty Energy's score of 0.58 indicating that Permian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Liberty Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Permian Resources. Liberty Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Permian Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Permian Resources beats Liberty Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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