VTS vs. BSM, VAL, NOG, CIVI, RIG, SSL, SOC, CRGY, LBRT, and BKV
Should you be buying Vitesse Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vitesse Energy include Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Valaris (VAL), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Civitas Resources (CIVI), Transocean (RIG), Sasol (SSL), Sable Offshore (SOC), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Liberty Energy (LBRT), and BKV (BKV). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Vitesse Energy vs.
Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS) and Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
Vitesse Energy presently has a consensus target price of $26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.22%. Black Stone Minerals has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.05%. Given Vitesse Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vitesse Energy is more favorable than Black Stone Minerals.
In the previous week, Vitesse Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Black Stone Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Vitesse Energy and 4 mentions for Black Stone Minerals. Vitesse Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Black Stone Minerals' score of 0.33 indicating that Vitesse Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
51.6% of Vitesse Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.2% of Vitesse Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Black Stone Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Vitesse Energy. Black Stone Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vitesse Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vitesse Energy has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Stone Minerals has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Black Stone Minerals received 287 more outperform votes than Vitesse Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.00% of users gave Vitesse Energy an outperform vote while only 59.29% of users gave Black Stone Minerals an outperform vote.
Vitesse Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Black Stone Minerals pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Vitesse Energy pays out 284.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Black Stone Minerals pays out 163.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vitesse Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Black Stone Minerals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Black Stone Minerals has a net margin of 67.54% compared to Vitesse Energy's net margin of 18.05%. Black Stone Minerals' return on equity of 41.49% beat Vitesse Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Vitesse Energy beats Black Stone Minerals on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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