Vermilion Energy (VET) Competitors

Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET) and Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VET or CHRD?

Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Vermilion Energy. Vermilion Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chord Energy, 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
Vermilion Energy	$2.11B	0.57	-$34.11M	-$0.16	-49.08
Chord Energy	$5.38B	1.15	$848.63M	$14.95	7.14

Is VET or CHRD a better dividend stock?

Vermilion Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Vermilion Energy pays out -237.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chord Energy pays out 34.8% 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Chord Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do analysts prefer VET or CHRD?

Chord Energy has a consensus target price of $151.08, indicating a potential upside of 41.56%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than Vermilion Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vermilion Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Chord Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Which has more risk & volatility, VET or CHRD?

Vermilion Energy has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chord Energy has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in VET or CHRD?

31.9% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Chord Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is VET or CHRD more profitable?

Chord Energy has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Vermilion Energy's net margin of -1.71%. Chord Energy's return on equity of 10.34% beat Vermilion Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vermilion Energy	-1.71%	-1.22%	-0.54%
Chord Energy	16.15%	10.34%	6.91%

Does the media favor VET or CHRD?

In the previous week, Vermilion Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Chord Energy. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Vermilion Energy and 11 mentions for Chord Energy. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Vermilion Energy's score of 1.07 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vermilion Energy	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chord Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Chord Energy beats Vermilion Energy on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.