VIST vs. EC, YPF, AR, VNOM, PR, OVV, HESM, SUN, APA, and CHRD
Should you be buying Vista Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Energy include Ecopetrol (EC), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Antero Resources (AR), Viper Energy (VNOM), Permian Resources (PR), Ovintiv (OVV), Hess Midstream (HESM), Sunoco (SUN), APA (APA), and Chord Energy (CHRD). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Vista Energy vs. Its Competitors
Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Ecopetrol received 281 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.96% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote while only 46.00% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.
63.8% of Vista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vista Energy has a net margin of 34.78% compared to Ecopetrol's net margin of 12.92%. Vista Energy's return on equity of 30.06% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.
Ecopetrol has higher revenue and earnings than Vista Energy. Ecopetrol is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vista Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vista Energy currently has a consensus price target of $65.68, indicating a potential upside of 26.28%. Ecopetrol has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.15%. Given Vista Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vista Energy is more favorable than Ecopetrol.
Vista Energy has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecopetrol has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vista Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Ecopetrol. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Vista Energy and 1 mentions for Ecopetrol. Vista Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Ecopetrol's score of 1.11 indicating that Vista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vista Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $1.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.2%. Vista Energy pays out 4.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ecopetrol pays out 91.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Vista Energy beats Ecopetrol on 15 of the 20 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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This page (NYSE:VIST) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
