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

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

Vista Energy vs. Its Competitors

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

63.8% of Vista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Viper Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Viper Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Viper Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Vista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Viper Energy and 6 mentions for Vista Energy. Vista Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Viper Energy's score of 0.94 indicating that Vista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
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
Viper Energy
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Vista Energy currently has a consensus target price of $65.10, suggesting a potential upside of 70.55%. Viper Energy has a consensus target price of $55.07, suggesting a potential upside of 48.39%. Given Vista Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Vista Energy is more favorable than Viper Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vista Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Viper Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94

Vista Energy has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viper Energy has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vista Energy$1.65B2.21$477.52M$5.556.88
Viper Energy$860.39M12.45$359.24M$3.4610.73

Viper Energy has a net margin of 37.84% compared to Vista Energy's net margin of 29.12%. Vista Energy's return on equity of 12.02% beat Viper Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vista Energy29.12% 12.02% 4.55%
Viper Energy 37.84%3.92%3.28%

Summary

Vista Energy beats Viper Energy on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VIST and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$3.54B$72.81B$7.68B$21.48B
Dividend YieldN/A6.17%10.85%3.67%
P/E Ratio6.8821.4874.6129.66
Price / Sales2.211.651,513.2686.18
Price / Cash5.604.4335.7417.79
Price / Book2.241.064.994.63
Net Income$477.52M$5.46B$4.28B$1.01B
7 Day Performance10.62%-1.52%-1.30%-0.80%
1 Month Performance6.69%0.78%3.57%0.55%
1 Year Performance-21.57%-4.83%18.60%13.03%

Vista Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VIST
Vista Energy
3.8369 of 5 stars
$38.17
+2.7%
$65.10
+70.6%
-22.6%$3.54B$1.65B6.88410Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
VNOM
Viper Energy
4.2215 of 5 stars
$38.90
-0.3%
$55.27
+42.1%
-28.8%$11.22B$980.75M11.24711
AR
Antero Resources
4.5978 of 5 stars
$33.90
+1.7%
$44.38
+30.9%
+10.8%$10.47B$4.73B21.59590
OVV
Ovintiv
4.5933 of 5 stars
$40.03
-0.2%
$52.13
+30.2%
-12.0%$10.29B$9.15B17.711,623Analyst Forecast
PR
Permian Resources
4.92 of 5 stars
$12.62
+0.2%
$18.63
+47.6%
-13.2%$10.10B$5.00B8.19220
YPF
YPF Sociedad Anonima
3.4483 of 5 stars
$24.62
+1.9%
$46.70
+89.7%
+11.0%$9.68B$19.16B7.9425,877News Coverage
Positive News
APA
APA
2.9968 of 5 stars
$25.12
+2.4%
$23.24
-7.5%
-15.7%$8.99B$9.74B8.402,305Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
SUN
Sunoco
3.4619 of 5 stars
$50.70
0.0%
$64.50
+27.2%
-6.2%$7.76B$21.59B24.983,298
HESM
Hess Midstream Partners
4.7199 of 5 stars
$33.30
-3.2%
$42.00
+26.1%
-10.5%$6.99B$1.50B12.33200
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.296 of 5 stars
$99.69
+0.6%
$143.42
+43.9%
-30.7%$5.71B$5.30B25.37530Analyst Forecast
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.4243 of 5 stars
$23.94
+1.3%
$26.42
+10.3%
-13.8%$4.57B$1.32B12.53210

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