VET vs. CRC, VRN, BSM, VAL, NOG, CIVI, RIG, SSL, SOC, and CRGY
Should you be buying Vermilion Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vermilion Energy include California Resources (CRC), Veren (VRN), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Valaris (VAL), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Civitas Resources (CIVI), Transocean (RIG), Sasol (SSL), Sable Offshore (SOC), and Crescent Energy (CRGY). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Vermilion Energy vs.
Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET) and California Resources (NYSE:CRC) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
Vermilion Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. California Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Vermilion Energy pays out -225.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. California Resources pays out 28.1% 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. Vermilion Energy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and California Resources has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Vermilion Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
California Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Vermilion Energy. Vermilion Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than California Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
31.9% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of California Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of California 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.
In the previous week, California Resources had 18 more articles in the media than Vermilion Energy. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for California Resources and 6 mentions for Vermilion Energy. Vermilion Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat California Resources' score of 1.10 indicating that Vermilion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
California Resources received 33 more outperform votes than Vermilion Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.27% of users gave California Resources an outperform vote while only 60.55% of users gave Vermilion Energy an outperform vote.
California Resources has a consensus target price of $60.36, indicating a potential upside of 44.91%. Given California Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe California Resources is more favorable than Vermilion Energy.
California Resources has a net margin of 17.43% compared to Vermilion Energy's net margin of -41.53%. California Resources' return on equity of 12.16% beat Vermilion Energy's return on equity.
Vermilion Energy has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, California Resources has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
California Resources beats Vermilion Energy on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VET) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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