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As of 05/15/2025

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

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

Veren vs.

Veren (NYSE:VRN) and YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Veren pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $0.1380 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Veren pays out 96.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays out 3.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

YPF Sociedad Anónima received 465 more outperform votes than Veren when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Veren an outperform vote while only 67.48% of users gave YPF Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VerenOutperform Votes
4
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
YPF Sociedad AnónimaOutperform Votes
469
67.48%
Underperform Votes
226
32.52%

Veren currently has a consensus target price of $12.67, suggesting a potential upside of 110.76%. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a consensus target price of $41.30, suggesting a potential upside of 13.90%. Given Veren's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Veren is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anónima.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Veren
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
YPF Sociedad Anónima
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

49.4% of Veren shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Veren shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, YPF Sociedad Anónima had 7 more articles in the media than Veren. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima and 4 mentions for Veren. Veren's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.98 indicating that Veren is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Veren
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
YPF Sociedad Anónima
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Veren has a net margin of 26.93% compared to YPF Sociedad Anónima's net margin of 4.15%. YPF Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 32.76% beat Veren's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Veren26.93% 12.23% 6.80%
YPF Sociedad Anónima 4.15%32.76%12.67%

Veren has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Veren$4.41B0.83$422.48M$0.3218.78
YPF Sociedad Anónima$19.45B0.73-$1.31B$4.298.45

Summary

Veren beats YPF Sociedad Anónima on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VRN vs. The Competition

MetricVerenCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.68B$7.58B$7.24B$19.31B
Dividend Yield5.29%24.00%10.96%3.83%
P/E Ratio4.2910.3653.8634.57
Price / Sales0.837.6024,440.0534.96
Price / Cash2.387.3835.5017.51
Price / Book0.731.563.494.69
Net Income$422.48M$1.09B$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day PerformanceN/A-1.63%-1.27%-1.82%
1 Month Performance-1.80%2.85%6.08%7.40%
1 Year Performance-28.58%-16.03%177.84%4.07%

Veren Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VRN
Veren
4.0796 of 5 stars
$6.01
flat
$12.67
+110.8%
N/A$3.68B$4.41B4.29777Positive News
YPF
YPF Sociedad Anónima
2.8576 of 5 stars
$35.54
+8.7%
$40.73
+14.6%
+52.7%$13.98B$19.42B17.9521,300Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
AR
Antero Resources
4.0176 of 5 stars
$39.40
+1.8%
$42.39
+7.6%
+13.8%$12.23B$4.45B123.13590Positive News
Insider Trade
Options Volume
PR
Permian Resources
4.8087 of 5 stars
$13.63
+4.7%
$18.53
+36.0%
-20.0%$10.95B$5.13B8.26220Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
OVV
Ovintiv
4.6899 of 5 stars
$38.11
+5.4%
$55.76
+46.3%
-27.4%$9.92B$9.18B5.051,740Positive News
Analyst Revision
VNOM
Viper Energy
4.0783 of 5 stars
$42.19
+4.0%
$56.31
+33.5%
+5.8%$8.99B$899.75M18.11711Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SUN
Sunoco
2.9681 of 5 stars
$55.71
+0.7%
$64.33
+15.5%
+5.7%$8.50B$22.37B8.442,300
HESM
Hess Midstream
3.3104 of 5 stars
$38.24
+3.3%
$42.80
+11.9%
+6.5%$8.34B$1.49B15.36200
APA
APA
3.5551 of 5 stars
$17.71
+5.9%
$25.79
+45.6%
-45.6%$6.41B$9.74B2.502,270Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.5523 of 5 stars
$97.63
+4.9%
$156.08
+59.9%
-49.8%$5.81B$5.38B5.03530News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
VIST
Vista Energy
4.6778 of 5 stars
$50.00
+5.8%
$67.08
+34.2%
+1.2%$4.76B$1.77B9.69410Positive News

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