Vitesse Energy (VTS) Competitors

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.

Do analysts rate VTS or GPRK?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vitesse Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
GeoPark	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VTS or GPRK?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vitesse Energy	Outperform Votes 4 66.67%	Underperform Votes 2 33.33%
GeoPark	Outperform Votes 316 67.38%	Underperform Votes 153 32.62%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of VTS or GPRK?

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.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, VTS or GPRK?

GeoPark has higher revenue and earnings than Vitesse Energy.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vitesse Energy	$300.07M	2.11	$118.90M	N/A	N/A
GeoPark	$853.98M	0.71	$224.43M	$3.18	3.33

Does the media prefer VTS or GPRK?

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.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Vitesse Energy	Positive
GeoPark	Positive

Is VTS or GPRK a better dividend stock?

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.

Is VTS or GPRK more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vitesse Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
GeoPark	21.73%	165.27%	20.62%

Summary

GeoPark beats Vitesse Energy on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.