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

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

Vista Energy vs. Its Competitors

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

63.8% of Vista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anonima shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Vista Energy had 11 more articles in the media than YPF Sociedad Anonima. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Vista Energy and 4 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anonima. Vista Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat YPF Sociedad Anonima's score of 0.85 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)
7 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
YPF Sociedad Anonima
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Vista Energy has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, YPF Sociedad Anonima has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vista Energy$1.65B2.67$477.52M$4.789.66
YPF Sociedad Anonima$19.29B0.63$2.35B$4.297.23

Vista Energy has a net margin of 27.23% compared to YPF Sociedad Anonima's net margin of 8.62%. YPF Sociedad Anonima's return on equity of 16.78% beat Vista Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vista Energy27.23% 14.38% 5.77%
YPF Sociedad Anonima 8.62%16.78%6.76%

Vista Energy currently has a consensus target price of $65.68, suggesting a potential upside of 42.23%. YPF Sociedad Anonima has a consensus target price of $41.30, suggesting a potential upside of 33.18%. Given Vista Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vista Energy is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anonima.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vista Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
YPF Sociedad Anonima
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

Vista Energy beats YPF Sociedad Anonima on 10 of the 15 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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VIST vs. The Competition

MetricVista EnergyOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.66B$71.44B$7.76B$20.73B
Dividend YieldN/A5.98%10.94%3.71%
P/E Ratio9.6699.3464.1527.84
Price / Sales2.671.7421,195.6142.31
Price / Cash7.374.8336.4022.63
Price / Book2.711.103.764.57
Net Income$477.52M$5.03B$4.23B$989.30M
7 Day Performance-4.40%0.60%0.78%0.20%
1 Month Performance-11.72%1.49%2.55%3.95%
1 Year Performance-3.81%-7.24%9.89%10.27%

Vista Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VIST
Vista Energy
4.1536 of 5 stars
$46.18
-5.6%
$65.68
+42.2%
-1.5%$4.66B$1.65B9.66410News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
YPF
YPF Sociedad Anonima
1.9683 of 5 stars
$30.94
-4.2%
$41.30
+33.5%
+46.8%$12.17B$19.29B7.2125,877
AR
Antero Resources
4.4535 of 5 stars
$37.08
-0.5%
$43.50
+17.3%
+10.7%$11.51B$4.33B43.12590Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PR
Permian Resources
4.7257 of 5 stars
$13.78
-2.0%
$18.33
+33.0%
-14.3%$11.07B$5.13B8.51220
VNOM
Viper Energy
4.5178 of 5 stars
$36.56
-3.9%
$57.00
+55.9%
-3.5%$10.55B$860.39M9.62711High Trading Volume
OVV
Ovintiv
4.701 of 5 stars
$39.29
-1.6%
$54.59
+38.9%
-12.9%$10.21B$9.15B16.721,623Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HESM
Hess Midstream Partners
3.7418 of 5 stars
$37.90
-0.8%
$43.50
+14.8%
+2.1%$8.17B$1.50B14.86200News Coverage
Positive News
SUN
Sunoco
2.74 of 5 stars
$53.34
-3.1%
$64.75
+21.4%
-6.2%$8.15B$22.69B9.613,298
APA
APA
3.8016 of 5 stars
$19.41
-0.6%
$24.83
+27.9%
-32.5%$7.02B$9.74B6.982,305Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.7989 of 5 stars
$103.13
-1.2%
$150.69
+46.1%
-36.2%$5.96B$5.25B6.90530Analyst Forecast
VVV
Valvoline
4.476 of 5 stars
$39.04
-1.7%
$42.54
+9.0%
-13.6%$4.96B$1.62B18.9511,500Positive News

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This page (NYSE:VIST) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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