VIST vs. CTRA, EC, YPF, AR, PR, OVV, VNOM, SUN, HESM, and APA
Should you be buying Vista Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Energy include Coterra Energy (CTRA), Ecopetrol (EC), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Antero Resources (AR), Permian Resources (PR), Ovintiv (OVV), Viper Energy (VNOM), Sunoco (SUN), Hess Midstream (HESM), and APA (APA). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Vista Energy vs.
Coterra Energy (NYSE:CTRA) and Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Coterra Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Vista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Coterra Energy and 9 mentions for Vista Energy. Coterra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Vista Energy's score of 1.43 indicating that Coterra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Coterra Energy received 81 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.89% of users gave Coterra Energy an outperform vote while only 46.00% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.
87.9% of Coterra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Vista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Coterra Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Coterra Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Vista Energy. Vista Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coterra Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Coterra Energy has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Energy has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Coterra Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Vista Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Coterra Energy pays out 51.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vista Energy pays out 4.2% 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. Coterra Energy has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Coterra Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Coterra Energy presently has a consensus price target of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 37.21%. Vista Energy has a consensus price target of $65.68, indicating a potential upside of 33.00%. Given Coterra Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Coterra Energy is more favorable than Vista Energy.
Vista Energy has a net margin of 34.78% compared to Coterra Energy's net margin of 21.91%. Vista Energy's return on equity of 30.06% beat Coterra Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Coterra Energy beats Vista Energy on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VIST) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff