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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Vista Energy beats Viper Energy on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VIST) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff