Veren (VRN) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend VRN or YPF?

Veren presently has a consensus target price of $12.67, suggesting a potential upside of 113.42%. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a consensus target price of $40.73, suggesting a potential upside of 40.03%. Given Veren's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, VRN or YPF?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Veren	$4.41B	0.82	$422.48M	$0.32	18.55
YPF Sociedad Anónima	$19.12B	0.60	-$1.31B	$5.99	4.86

Does the media prefer VRN or YPF?

In the previous week, YPF Sociedad Anónima had 4 more articles in the media than Veren. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima and 7 mentions for Veren. Veren's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.69 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)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
YPF Sociedad Anónima	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is VRN or YPF more profitable?

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
Veren	26.93%	12.23%	6.80%
YPF Sociedad Anónima	4.15%	32.76%	12.67%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VRN or YPF?

YPF Sociedad Anónima received 464 more outperform votes than Veren when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Veren an outperform vote while only 67.44% of users gave YPF Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Veren	Outperform Votes 4 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
YPF Sociedad Anónima	Outperform Votes 468 67.44%	Underperform Votes 226 32.56%

Is VRN or YPF a better dividend stock?

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 0.5%. 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 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk & volatility, VRN or YPF?

Veren has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of VRN or YPF?

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 company insiders. 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.

Summary

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