Vital Energy (VTLE) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CIVI or VTLE?

Civitas Resources received 327 more outperform votes than Vital Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.75% of users gave Civitas Resources an outperform vote while only 28.74% of users gave Vital Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Civitas Resources	Outperform Votes 352 68.75%	Underperform Votes 160 31.25%
Vital Energy	Outperform Votes 25 28.74%	Underperform Votes 62 71.26%

Do analysts prefer CIVI or VTLE?

Civitas Resources currently has a consensus target price of $56.27, suggesting a potential upside of 78.64%. Vital Energy has a consensus target price of $30.36, suggesting a potential upside of 56.86%. Given Civitas Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Civitas Resources is more favorable than Vital Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Civitas Resources	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Vital Energy	3 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.92

Which has more risk and volatility, CIVI or VTLE?

Civitas Resources has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vital Energy has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CIVI or VTLE?

Civitas Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Vital Energy. Vital Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Civitas Resources, 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
Civitas Resources	$5.07B	0.58	$784.29M	$8.72	3.61
Vital Energy	$1.98B	0.38	$695.08M	-$3.38	-5.73

Is CIVI or VTLE more profitable?

Civitas Resources has a net margin of 19.65% compared to Vital Energy's net margin of -8.89%. Civitas Resources' return on equity of 13.52% beat Vital Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Civitas Resources	19.65%	13.52%	5.95%
Vital Energy	-8.89%	9.48%	4.68%

Does the media prefer CIVI or VTLE?

In the previous week, Civitas Resources had 30 more articles in the media than Vital Energy. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Civitas Resources and 5 mentions for Vital Energy. Vital Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Civitas Resources' score of 0.02 indicating that Vital Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Civitas Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	30 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Vital Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CIVI or VTLE?

94.6% of Civitas Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Vital Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Civitas Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Vital Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Civitas Resources beats Vital Energy on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.