VVV vs. CTRA, VNOM, OVV, AR, PR, YPF, APA, SUN, HESM, and CHRD
Should you be buying Valvoline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valvoline include Coterra Energy (CTRA), Viper Energy (VNOM), Ovintiv (OVV), Antero Resources (AR), Permian Resources (PR), YPF Sociedad Anonima (YPF), APA (APA), Sunoco (SUN), Hess Midstream Partners (HESM), and Chord Energy (CHRD). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Valvoline vs. Its Competitors
Coterra Energy (NYSE:CTRA) and Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) are both petroleum and natural gas companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Coterra Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Valvoline. Coterra Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valvoline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Coterra Energy presently has a consensus target price of $33.06, indicating a potential upside of 42.63%. Valvoline has a consensus target price of $42.77, indicating a potential upside of 21.23%. Given Coterra Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Coterra Energy is more favorable than Valvoline.
Coterra Energy has a net margin of 23.80% compared to Valvoline's net margin of 16.43%. Valvoline's return on equity of 84.85% beat Coterra Energy's return on equity.
Coterra Energy has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valvoline has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.9% of Coterra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Valvoline shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Coterra Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Valvoline shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Coterra Energy had 14 more articles in the media than Valvoline. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Coterra Energy and 6 mentions for Valvoline. Valvoline's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Coterra Energy's score of 0.77 indicating that Valvoline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Coterra Energy beats Valvoline on 9 of the 16 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 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
