Venture Global (VG) Competitors

Venture Global (NYSE:VG) and Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, dividends and valuation.

Do analysts rate VG or CEG?

Venture Global presently has a consensus price target of $16.85, suggesting a potential upside of 22.52%. Constellation Energy has a consensus price target of $321.27, suggesting a potential downside of 1.94%. Given Venture Global's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Venture Global is more favorable than Constellation Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Venture Global	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
Constellation Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is VG or CEG a better dividend stock?

Venture Global pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Constellation Energy pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Constellation Energy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Constellation Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in VG or CEG?

82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 86.7% of Venture Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer VG or CEG?

In the previous week, Venture Global had 3 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Venture Global and 20 mentions for Constellation Energy. Constellation Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Venture Global's score of 0.86 indicating that Constellation Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Venture Global	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Constellation Energy	7 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, VG or CEG?

Constellation Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Venture Global.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Venture Global	$6.45B	5.16	$1.75B	N/A	N/A
Constellation Energy	$23.57B	4.34	$3.75B	$9.58	34.20

Is VG or CEG more profitable?

Constellation Energy has a net margin of 12.12% compared to Venture Global's net margin of 0.00%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 21.61% beat Venture Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Venture Global	N/A	N/A	N/A
Constellation Energy	12.12%	21.61%	5.52%

Summary

Constellation Energy beats Venture Global on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.