VTLE vs. CRGY, PARR, VET, AESI, TALO, KRP, DMLP, CRK, KOS, and GRNT
Should you be buying Vital Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vital Energy include Crescent Energy (CRGY), Par Pacific (PARR), Vermilion Energy (VET), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Talos Energy (TALO), Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), Comstock Resources (CRK), Kosmos Energy (KOS), and Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Crescent Energy (NYSE:CRGY) and Vital Energy (NYSE:VTLE) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Vital Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Crescent Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Vital Energy and 5 mentions for Crescent Energy. Crescent Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Vital Energy's score of 0.81 indicating that Vital Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vital Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Crescent Energy. Vital Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crescent Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Crescent Energy has a beta of 2.24, meaning that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vital Energy has a beta of 3.24, meaning that its stock price is 224% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vital Energy has a net margin of 44.91% compared to Vital Energy's net margin of 2.84%. Crescent Energy's return on equity of 17.60% beat Vital Energy's return on equity.
Crescent Energy presently has a consensus target price of $16.38, suggesting a potential upside of 51.20%. Vital Energy has a consensus target price of $59.40, suggesting a potential upside of 7.65%. Given Vital Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Crescent Energy is more favorable than Vital Energy.
52.1% of Crescent Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Vital Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Crescent Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Vital Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Vital Energy received 3 more outperform votes than Crescent Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 48.39% of users gave Crescent Energy an outperform vote while only 39.13% of users gave Vital Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Vital Energy beats Crescent Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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