REPX vs. VTS, BRY, EGY, TTI, TXO, GPRK, DEC, SD, GRNT, and WTI
Should you be buying Riley Exploration Permian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Riley Exploration Permian include Vitesse Energy (VTS), Berry (BRY), VAALCO Energy (EGY), TETRA Technologies (TTI), TXO Partners (TXO), GeoPark (GPRK), Diversified Energy (DEC), SandRidge Energy (SD), Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT), and W&T Offshore (WTI). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Riley Exploration Permian (NYSE:REPX) and Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.
58.9% of Riley Exploration Permian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Vitesse Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Riley Exploration Permian shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of Vitesse Energy shares are owned 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.
Riley Exploration Permian has a net margin of 29.75% compared to Vitesse Energy's net margin of -9.22%. Riley Exploration Permian's return on equity of 25.08% beat Vitesse Energy's return on equity.
Riley Exploration Permian pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Vitesse Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Riley Exploration Permian pays out 25.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vitesse Energy pays out -263.2% 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. Vitesse Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Riley Exploration Permian has higher revenue and earnings than Vitesse Energy. Vitesse 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.
Riley Exploration Permian has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vitesse Energy has a beta of -0.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Riley Exploration Permian presently has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 55.67%. Vitesse Energy has a consensus price target of $28.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.65%. Given Riley Exploration Permian's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Riley Exploration Permian is more favorable than Vitesse Energy.
In the previous week, Riley Exploration Permian and Riley Exploration Permian both had 1 articles in the media. Riley Exploration Permian's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Vitesse Energy's score of 0.82 indicating that Riley Exploration Permian is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Riley Exploration Permian received 11 more outperform votes than Vitesse Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Vitesse Energy an outperform vote while only 64.29% of users gave Riley Exploration Permian an outperform vote.
Summary
Riley Exploration Permian beats Vitesse Energy on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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