VVV vs. EC, CTRA, VNOM, PR, OVV, AR, YPF, APA, SUN, and HESM
Should you be buying Valvoline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valvoline include Ecopetrol (EC), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Viper Energy (VNOM), Permian Resources (PR), Ovintiv (OVV), Antero Resources (AR), YPF Sociedad Anonima (YPF), APA (APA), Sunoco (SUN), and Hess Midstream Partners (HESM). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Valvoline vs. Its Competitors
Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) are both petroleum and natural gas companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
96.1% of Valvoline shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Valvoline shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valvoline currently has a consensus price target of $42.77, suggesting a potential upside of 21.01%. Ecopetrol has a consensus price target of $11.75, suggesting a potential upside of 28.63%. Given Ecopetrol's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ecopetrol is more favorable than Valvoline.
Valvoline has a net margin of 16.43% compared to Ecopetrol's net margin of 8.75%. Valvoline's return on equity of 84.85% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.
In the previous week, Valvoline and Valvoline both had 2 articles in the media. Valvoline's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Ecopetrol's score of 0.93 indicating that Valvoline is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Valvoline has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecopetrol has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ecopetrol has higher revenue and earnings than Valvoline. Ecopetrol is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valvoline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Valvoline beats Ecopetrol on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:VVV) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
