Free Trial

Vista Energy (VIST) Competitors

Vista Energy logo
$49.38 -0.38 (-0.76%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$48.99 -0.39 (-0.79%)
As of 08:07 AM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Coterra Energy
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Vista Energy
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Coterra EnergyOutperform Votes
104
53.89%
Underperform Votes
89
46.11%
Vista EnergyOutperform Votes
23
46.00%
Underperform Votes
27
54.00%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Coterra Energy$5.93B3.14$1.63B$1.7214.19
Vista Energy$1.77B2.66$396.95M$4.7810.33

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Coterra Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Vista Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Coterra Energy21.91% 9.38% 5.95%
Vista Energy 34.78%30.06%13.60%

Summary

Coterra Energy beats Vista Energy on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Vista Energy News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for VIST and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

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.
Skip Chart

VIST vs. The Competition

MetricVista EnergyCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.70B$7.61B$7.27B$19.30B
Dividend YieldN/A24.04%11.00%3.84%
P/E Ratio9.5710.3853.7634.53
Price / Sales2.667.6724,457.0434.83
Price / Cash6.707.3835.5017.51
Price / Book3.681.573.544.69
Net Income$396.95M$1.09B$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.11%-1.28%-1.03%-1.74%
1 Month Performance5.24%3.28%6.32%7.50%
1 Year Performance7.05%-15.80%177.99%4.15%

Vista Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VIST
Vista Energy
4.6824 of 5 stars
$49.38
-0.8%
$65.68
+33.0%
+7.1%$4.70B$1.77B9.57410Positive News
CTRA
Coterra Energy
4.9825 of 5 stars
$24.13
+3.2%
$33.75
+39.9%
-11.2%$18.44B$5.93B14.54980Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
EC
Ecopetrol
3.4915 of 5 stars
$8.30
+1.7%
$11.00
+32.6%
-28.6%$17.05B$133.39T3.9718,000
YPF
YPF Sociedad Anónima
2.8512 of 5 stars
$35.54
+8.7%
$40.73
+14.6%
+66.0%$13.98B$19.42B17.9521,300High Trading Volume
AR
Antero Resources
4.0105 of 5 stars
$39.40
+1.8%
$42.39
+7.6%
+14.5%$12.23B$4.45B123.13590Positive News
PR
Permian Resources
4.8119 of 5 stars
$13.63
+4.7%
$18.53
+36.0%
-18.0%$10.95B$5.13B8.26220
OVV
Ovintiv
4.6922 of 5 stars
$38.11
+5.4%
$55.76
+46.3%
-26.8%$9.92B$9.18B5.051,740Positive News
VNOM
Viper Energy
4.0763 of 5 stars
$42.19
+4.0%
$56.31
+33.5%
+6.6%$8.99B$899.75M18.11711Positive News
SUN
Sunoco
2.9629 of 5 stars
$55.71
+0.7%
$64.33
+15.5%
+7.2%$8.50B$22.37B8.442,300
HESM
Hess Midstream
3.2963 of 5 stars
$38.24
+3.3%
$42.80
+11.9%
+7.4%$8.34B$1.49B15.36200
APA
APA
3.5472 of 5 stars
$17.71
+5.9%
$25.79
+45.6%
-44.4%$6.41B$9.74B2.502,270Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:VIST) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners