VVV vs. EC, AR, YPF, VNOM, PR, OVV, HESM, SUN, APA, and CHRD
Should you be buying Valvoline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valvoline include Ecopetrol (EC), Antero Resources (AR), YPF Sociedad Anonima (YPF), Viper Energy (VNOM), Permian Resources (PR), Ovintiv (OVV), Hess Midstream Partners (HESM), Sunoco (SUN), APA (APA), and Chord Energy (CHRD). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Valvoline vs. Its Competitors
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) are both petroleum and natural gas companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Valvoline had 2 more articles in the media than Ecopetrol. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Valvoline and 5 mentions for Ecopetrol. Valvoline's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Ecopetrol's score of -0.08 indicating that Valvoline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ecopetrol has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valvoline has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ecopetrol presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.44%. Valvoline has a consensus target price of $42.54, suggesting a potential upside of 7.10%. Given Ecopetrol's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ecopetrol is more favorable than Valvoline.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Valvoline has a net margin of 15.97% compared to Ecopetrol's net margin of 9.74%. Valvoline's return on equity of 106.36% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.
Summary
Valvoline beats Ecopetrol on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:VVV) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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