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VTLE vs. CHRD, FANG, DVN, MGY, MTDR, MUR, NOG, OVV, PR, and SM

Should you be buying Vital Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vital Energy include Chord Energy (CHRD), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), and SM Energy (SM). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Vital Energy vs. Its Competitors

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

Chord Energy has a net margin of 5.02% compared to Vital Energy's net margin of -38.52%. Vital Energy's return on equity of 11.86% beat Chord Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chord Energy5.02% 9.02% 5.97%
Vital Energy -38.52%11.86%5.45%

Chord Energy has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vital Energy has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Chord Energy currently has a consensus target price of $138.38, indicating a potential upside of 56.08%. Vital Energy has a consensus target price of $25.78, indicating a potential upside of 68.54%. Given Vital Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vital Energy is more favorable than Chord Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Chord Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
Vital Energy
5 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chord Energy$5.25B0.97$848.63M$3.9322.56
Vital Energy$1.95B0.30-$173.52M-$19.79-0.77

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Vital Energy. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Chord Energy and 19 mentions for Vital Energy. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Vital Energy's score of 0.55 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Chord Energy
5 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vital Energy
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

97.8% of Chord Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Vital Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Vital Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Chord Energy beats Vital Energy on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VTLE vs. The Competition

MetricVital EnergyOther Alt Energy IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$589.40M$10.87B$7.65B$21.69B
Dividend YieldN/A4.09%10.84%3.59%
P/E Ratio-0.7798.6173.1532.49
Price / Sales0.3074.681,430.0080.94
Price / Cash0.6034.6836.7624.53
Price / Book0.226.884.744.57
Net Income-$173.52M$276.83M$4.28B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.29%1.85%-0.48%1.13%
1 Month Performance-6.60%12.24%0.62%-0.64%
1 Year Performance-44.24%58.96%15.95%10.38%

Vital Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VTLE
Vital Energy
2.2022 of 5 stars
$15.30
-3.6%
$25.78
+68.5%
-40.2%$589.40M$1.95B-0.77290Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.3894 of 5 stars
$99.69
+0.6%
$143.42
+43.9%
-30.6%$5.68B$5.25B25.37530Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.7887 of 5 stars
$149.10
+1.1%
$192.86
+29.4%
-23.6%$42.69B$11.07B10.601,983Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DVN
Devon Energy
4.7218 of 5 stars
$34.91
+1.0%
$43.56
+24.8%
-21.3%$21.94B$15.94B7.832,300Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.8299 of 5 stars
$23.94
+1.3%
$26.42
+10.3%
-13.8%$4.51B$1.33B12.53210Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.4737 of 5 stars
$44.82
-0.4%
$66.50
+48.4%
-17.1%$5.60B$3.50B6.56290Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.3029 of 5 stars
$30.68
+0.8%
$27.25
-11.2%
-16.9%$4.35B$3.03B15.90690Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NOG
Northern Oil and Gas
3.9782 of 5 stars
$25.50
+1.8%
$34.38
+34.8%
-43.5%$2.44B$2.23B4.2130Analyst Forecast
OVV
Ovintiv
4.7135 of 5 stars
$40.03
-0.2%
$52.13
+30.2%
-11.4%$10.31B$9.15B17.711,623Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PR
Permian Resources
4.8166 of 5 stars
$12.62
+0.2%
$18.63
+47.6%
-13.7%$10.08B$5.00B8.19220Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SM
SM Energy
4.3859 of 5 stars
$25.34
-2.0%
$41.55
+64.0%
-49.1%$2.97B$3.10B3.58540Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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