VTS vs. XPRO, CRGY, TALO, HPK, VET, KRP, CLMT, WTTR, SOC, and DMLP
Should you be buying Vitesse Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vitesse Energy include Expro Group (XPRO), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Talos Energy (TALO), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Vermilion Energy (VET), Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP), Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT), Select Water Solutions (WTTR), Sable Offshore (SOC), and Dorchester Minerals (DMLP). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS) and Expro Group (NYSE:XPRO) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Vitesse Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Expro Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Vitesse Energy and 1 mentions for Expro Group. Expro Group's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Vitesse Energy's score of 1.03 indicating that Expro Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vitesse Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Expro Group. Expro Group 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 net margin of 10.78% compared to Expro Group's net margin of -0.84%. Vitesse Energy's return on equity of 7.94% beat Expro Group's return on equity.
51.6% of Vitesse Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Expro Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.8% of Vitesse Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Expro Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vitesse Energy has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expro Group has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vitesse Energy presently has a consensus price target of $28.17, suggesting a potential upside of 15.77%. Expro Group has a consensus price target of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 55.19%. Given Expro Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Expro Group is more favorable than Vitesse Energy.
Vitesse Energy and Expro Group both received 8 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Vitesse Energy an outperform vote while only 30.77% of users gave Expro Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Vitesse Energy beats Expro Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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