Riley Exploration Permian (REPX) Competitors

Crescent Energy (NYSE:CRGY) and Riley Exploration Permian (NYSE:REPX) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRGY or REPX?

Crescent Energy received 14 more outperform votes than Riley Exploration Permian when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.59% of users gave Riley Exploration Permian an outperform vote while only 59.38% of users gave Crescent Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crescent Energy	Outperform Votes 38 59.38%	Underperform Votes 26 40.63%
Riley Exploration Permian	Outperform Votes 24 70.59%	Underperform Votes 10 29.41%

Do analysts rate CRGY or REPX?

Crescent Energy presently has a consensus target price of $16.30, indicating a potential upside of 87.25%. Riley Exploration Permian has a consensus target price of $47.00, indicating a potential upside of 83.16%. Given Crescent Energy's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Crescent Energy is more favorable than Riley Exploration Permian.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crescent Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Riley Exploration Permian	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CRGY or REPX more profitable?

Riley Exploration Permian has a net margin of 28.48% compared to Crescent Energy's net margin of 2.17%. Riley Exploration Permian's return on equity of 23.82% beat Crescent Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crescent Energy	2.17%	12.53%	3.61%
Riley Exploration Permian	28.48%	23.82%	11.31%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CRGY or REPX?

52.1% of Crescent Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.9% of Riley Exploration Permian shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of Crescent Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Riley Exploration Permian shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CRGY or REPX a better dividend stock?

Crescent Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Riley Exploration Permian pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Crescent Energy pays out -106.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Riley Exploration Permian pays out 32.5% 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. Crescent Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Riley Exploration Permian has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Riley Exploration Permian is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CRGY or REPX?

Riley Exploration Permian has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Crescent Energy. Crescent Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Riley Exploration Permian, 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
Crescent Energy	$3.22B	0.69	$67.61M	-$0.45	-19.34
Riley Exploration Permian	$412.89M	1.37	$111.59M	$4.68	5.48

Which has more volatility & risk, CRGY or REPX?

Crescent Energy has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Riley Exploration Permian has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CRGY or REPX?

In the previous week, Crescent Energy had 14 more articles in the media than Riley Exploration Permian. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Crescent Energy and 2 mentions for Riley Exploration Permian. Riley Exploration Permian's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Crescent Energy's score of 1.55 indicating that Riley Exploration Permian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crescent Energy	12 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Riley Exploration Permian	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Riley Exploration Permian beats Crescent Energy on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.