Vital Energy (VTLE) Competitors

Vital Energy (NYSE:VTLE) and Crescent Energy (NYSE:CRGY) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has better earnings and valuation, VTLE or CRGY?

Vital Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Crescent Energy. Crescent Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vital Energy, 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
Vital Energy	$1.98B	0.29	$695.08M	-$3.38	-4.33
Crescent Energy	$3.22B	0.69	$67.61M	-$0.45	-19.34

Do analysts recommend VTLE or CRGY?

Vital Energy presently has a consensus price target of $30.36, suggesting a potential upside of 107.63%. Crescent Energy has a consensus price target of $16.30, suggesting a potential upside of 87.25%. Given Vital Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vital Energy is more favorable than Crescent Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vital Energy	3 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.92
Crescent Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media prefer VTLE or CRGY?

In the previous week, Vital Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Crescent Energy. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Vital Energy and 17 mentions for Crescent Energy. Crescent Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Vital Energy's score of 1.03 indicating that Crescent Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vital Energy	14 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crescent Energy	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is VTLE or CRGY more profitable?

Crescent Energy has a net margin of 2.17% compared to Vital Energy's net margin of -8.89%. Crescent Energy's return on equity of 12.53% beat Vital Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vital Energy	-8.89%	9.48%	4.68%
Crescent Energy	2.17%	12.53%	3.61%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VTLE or CRGY?

86.5% of Vital Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of Crescent Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Vital Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Crescent Energy shares are held by company 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VTLE or CRGY?

Crescent Energy received 13 more outperform votes than Vital Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.38% of users gave Crescent Energy an outperform vote while only 28.74% of users gave Vital Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vital Energy	Outperform Votes 25 28.74%	Underperform Votes 62 71.26%
Crescent Energy	Outperform Votes 38 59.38%	Underperform Votes 26 40.63%

Which has more risk and volatility, VTLE or CRGY?

Vital Energy has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Energy has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Crescent Energy beats Vital Energy on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.