VTS vs. BRY, DEC, EGY, SOC, TTI, REPX, SBOW, TXO, SD, and GPRK
Should you be buying Vitesse Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vitesse Energy include Berry (BRY), Diversified Energy (DEC), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Sable Offshore (SOC), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), TXO Partners (TXO), SandRidge Energy (SD), and GeoPark (GPRK). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS) and Berry (NASDAQ:BRY) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
Vitesse Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Berry pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Vitesse Energy pays out -263.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Berry pays out 104.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
51.6% of Vitesse Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Berry shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.8% of Vitesse Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Berry shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Berry received 252 more outperform votes than Vitesse Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Vitesse Energy an outperform vote while only 55.94% of users gave Berry an outperform vote.
Berry has higher revenue and earnings than Vitesse Energy. Vitesse Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Berry, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Berry had 4 more articles in the media than Vitesse Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Berry and 1 mentions for Vitesse Energy. Vitesse Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Berry's score of 0.87 indicating that Vitesse Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vitesse Energy has a beta of -0.09, indicating that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berry has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Berry has a net margin of 4.14% compared to Vitesse Energy's net margin of -9.22%. Berry's return on equity of 5.27% beat Vitesse Energy's return on equity.
Vitesse Energy currently has a consensus price target of $28.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.24%. Berry has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.47%. Given Vitesse Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vitesse Energy is more favorable than Berry.
Summary
Berry beats Vitesse Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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