Veren (VRN) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend YPF or VRN?

YPF Sociedad Anónima currently has a consensus target price of $41.30, indicating a potential upside of 14.89%. Veren has a consensus target price of $12.67, indicating a potential upside of 110.76%. Given Veren's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Veren is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anónima.

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in YPF or VRN?

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

Which has more volatility and risk, YPF or VRN?

YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veren has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in YPF or VRN?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
YPF Sociedad Anónima	Outperform Votes 469 67.48%	Underperform Votes 226 32.52%
Veren	Outperform Votes 4 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is YPF or VRN 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
YPF Sociedad Anónima	4.15%	32.76%	12.67%
Veren	26.93%	12.23%	6.80%

Is YPF or VRN a better dividend stock?

YPF Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $0.1380 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Veren pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays out 3.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Does the media refer more to YPF or VRN?

In the previous week, YPF Sociedad Anónima had 6 more articles in the media than Veren. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima and 0 mentions for Veren. YPF Sociedad Anónima's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Veren's score of 0.00 indicating that YPF Sociedad Anónima is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
YPF Sociedad Anónima	Positive
Veren	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, YPF or VRN?

Veren has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
YPF Sociedad Anónima	$19.45B	0.73	-$1.31B	$4.29	8.38
Veren	$4.41B	0.83	$422.48M	$0.32	18.78

Summary

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