Riley Exploration Permian (REPX) Competitors

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

Is RIG or REPX more profitable?

Riley Exploration Permian has a net margin of 28.48% compared to Transocean's net margin of -14.53%. Riley Exploration Permian's return on equity of 23.82% beat Transocean's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Transocean	-14.53%	-0.52%	-0.27%
Riley Exploration Permian	28.48%	23.82%	11.31%

Is RIG or REPX a better dividend stock?

Transocean pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.7%. Riley Exploration Permian pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Transocean pays out -63.2% 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. Riley Exploration Permian has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Transocean is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, RIG or REPX?

Transocean has a beta of 2.54, indicating that its stock price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Riley Exploration Permian has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor RIG or REPX?

In the previous week, Transocean had 12 more articles in the media than Riley Exploration Permian. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Transocean and 1 mentions for Riley Exploration Permian. Riley Exploration Permian's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Transocean's score of 0.56 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
Transocean	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Riley Exploration Permian	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, RIG or REPX?

Riley Exploration Permian has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Transocean. Transocean 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
Transocean	$3.67B	0.77	-$954M	-$0.95	-3.38
Riley Exploration Permian	$412.89M	1.51	$111.59M	$4.68	6.05

Do analysts prefer RIG or REPX?

Transocean currently has a consensus target price of $4.58, indicating a potential upside of 42.68%. Riley Exploration Permian has a consensus target price of $47.00, indicating a potential upside of 66.02%. Given Riley Exploration Permian's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Riley Exploration Permian is more favorable than Transocean.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Transocean	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Riley Exploration Permian	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RIG or REPX?

Transocean received 900 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 51.45% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Transocean	Outperform Votes 924 51.45%	Underperform Votes 872 48.55%
Riley Exploration Permian	Outperform Votes 24 70.59%	Underperform Votes 10 29.41%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in RIG or REPX?

67.7% of Transocean shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.9% of Riley Exploration Permian shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Transocean shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Riley Exploration Permian shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Riley Exploration Permian beats Transocean on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.