VTS vs. GPRK, UROY, DNOW, NEX, EPSN, MXC, HHRSW, BSM, IMPPP, and NESR
Should you be buying Vitesse Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vitesse Energy include GeoPark (GPRK), Uranium Royalty (UROY), NOW (DNOW), NexTier Oilfield Solutions (NEX), Epsilon Energy (EPSN), Mexco Energy (MXC), Hammerhead Energy (HHRSW), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Imperial Petroleum (IMPPP), and National Energy Services Reunited (NESR).
Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS) and GeoPark (NYSE:GPRK) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Vitesse Energy currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.83%. GeoPark has a consensus target price of $15.33, suggesting a potential upside of 49.45%. Given GeoPark's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GeoPark is more favorable than Vitesse Energy.
GeoPark received 312 more outperform votes than Vitesse Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.38% of users gave GeoPark an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Vitesse Energy an outperform vote.
52.6% of Vitesse Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.8% of GeoPark shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of GeoPark shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
GeoPark has higher revenue and earnings than Vitesse Energy.
In the previous week, GeoPark had 4 more articles in the media than Vitesse Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for GeoPark and 0 mentions for Vitesse Energy. Vitesse Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat GeoPark's score of 0.59 indicating that Vitesse Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vitesse Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. GeoPark pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. GeoPark pays out 16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
GeoPark has a net margin of 21.73% compared to Vitesse Energy's net margin of 0.00%. GeoPark's return on equity of 165.27% beat Vitesse Energy's return on equity.
Summary
GeoPark beats Vitesse Energy on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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