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Vista Energy (VIST) Competitors

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VIST vs. YPF, VNOM, PR, OVV, AR, HESM, APA, SUN, CHRD, and VVV

Should you be buying Vista Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Energy include YPF Sociedad Anonima (YPF), Viper Energy (VNOM), Permian Resources (PR), Ovintiv (OVV), Antero Resources (AR), Hess Midstream Partners (HESM), APA (APA), Sunoco (SUN), Chord Energy (CHRD), and Valvoline (VVV). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Vista Energy vs. Its Competitors

YPF Sociedad Anonima (NYSE:YPF) and Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anonima shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Vista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Vista Energy has a net margin of 29.12% compared to YPF Sociedad Anonima's net margin of 6.32%. YPF Sociedad Anonima's return on equity of 12.39% beat Vista Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
YPF Sociedad Anonima6.32% 12.39% 5.07%
Vista Energy 29.12%12.02%4.55%

YPF Sociedad Anonima presently has a consensus target price of $43.92, indicating a potential upside of 43.65%. Vista Energy has a consensus target price of $65.68, indicating a potential upside of 70.00%. Given Vista Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vista Energy is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anonima.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
YPF Sociedad Anonima
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Vista Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14

YPF Sociedad Anonima has higher revenue and earnings than Vista Energy. Vista Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than YPF Sociedad Anonima, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
YPF Sociedad Anonima$19.29B0.62$2.35B$3.109.86
Vista Energy$1.98B1.85$477.52M$5.556.96

YPF Sociedad Anonima has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Energy has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, YPF Sociedad Anonima had 1 more articles in the media than Vista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anonima and 7 mentions for Vista Energy. Vista Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat YPF Sociedad Anonima's score of 1.29 indicating that Vista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
YPF Sociedad Anonima
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vista Energy
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Vista Energy beats YPF Sociedad Anonima on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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VIST vs. The Competition

MetricVista EnergyOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.68B$76.63B$8.05B$21.27B
Dividend YieldN/A5.89%10.84%3.51%
P/E Ratio6.9620.7978.2529.37
Price / Sales1.851.7923,497.4049.79
Price / Cash5.874.8836.0823.86
Price / Book1.731.064.115.38
Net Income$477.52M$5.31B$4.27B$996.59M
7 Day Performance-4.23%1.12%1.80%0.53%
1 Month Performance-16.21%1.63%1.82%3.60%
1 Year Performance-25.37%-2.09%10.99%12.11%

Vista Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VIST
Vista Energy
4.4757 of 5 stars
$39.02
-1.2%
$65.68
+68.3%
-22.5%$3.71B$1.98B7.03410News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
YPF
YPF Sociedad Anonima
3.229 of 5 stars
$30.08
-5.3%
$43.92
+46.0%
+41.8%$11.83B$19.29B9.7025,877Positive News
VNOM
Viper Energy
4.1216 of 5 stars
$39.45
+1.2%
$56.36
+42.9%
-15.9%$11.38B$860.39M11.40711Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PR
Permian Resources
4.3787 of 5 stars
$14.16
+2.9%
$18.53
+30.9%
+1.8%$11.33B$5.00B9.19220News Coverage
Analyst Revision
OVV
Ovintiv
4.6332 of 5 stars
$41.26
+0.8%
$53.07
+28.6%
-2.8%$10.61B$9.15B18.261,623News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
AR
Antero Resources
4.7096 of 5 stars
$30.67
-0.6%
$43.00
+40.2%
+21.0%$9.47B$4.33B19.54590Positive News
HESM
Hess Midstream Partners
3.99 of 5 stars
$41.13
-0.8%
$46.20
+12.3%
+15.0%$8.64B$1.57B15.23200Positive News
APA
APA
2.8834 of 5 stars
$22.36
+3.3%
$23.94
+7.1%
-19.6%$8.00B$10.06B7.482,305Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SUN
Sunoco
2.7818 of 5 stars
$51.85
-0.1%
$64.75
+24.9%
-1.9%$7.93B$22.69B25.543,298Analyst Forecast
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.2994 of 5 stars
$107.04
+1.0%
$148.92
+39.1%
-25.2%$6.13B$5.25B27.24530Positive News
Analyst Revision
VVV
Valvoline
3.7801 of 5 stars
$39.32
-1.3%
$42.31
+7.6%
-7.0%$5.00B$1.69B18.2911,500News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:VIST) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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