PR vs. EXE, WDS, CVE, PBA, CTRA, EC, YPF, AR, OVV, and VNOM
Should you be buying Permian Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Permian Resources include Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Ecopetrol (EC), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Antero Resources (AR), Ovintiv (OVV), and Viper Energy (VNOM). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Permian Resources vs.
Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) and Permian Resources (NYSE:PR) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and dividends.
Chesapeake Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Permian Resources. Chesapeake 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.
In the previous week, Permian Resources had 25 more articles in the media than Chesapeake Energy. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Permian Resources and 3 mentions for Chesapeake Energy. Permian Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Chesapeake Energy's score of 0.53 indicating that Permian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Chesapeake Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Chesapeake Energy pays out -42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Permian Resources pays out 37.0% 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. Permian Resources has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Permian Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Permian Resources has a net margin of 21.20% compared to Chesapeake Energy's net margin of 6.07%. Permian Resources' return on equity of 11.15% beat Chesapeake Energy's return on equity.
Chesapeake Energy presently has a consensus target price of $125.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.26%. Permian Resources has a consensus target price of $18.63, indicating a potential upside of 43.88%. Given Permian Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Permian Resources is more favorable than Chesapeake Energy.
Permian Resources received 45 more outperform votes than Chesapeake Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.75% of users gave Chesapeake Energy an outperform vote while only 67.24% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote.
97.9% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Permian Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Permian Resources 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.
Chesapeake Energy has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Permian Resources has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Permian Resources beats Chesapeake Energy on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PR) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
