EGY vs. DEC, TLW, PTAL, SQZ, ENQ, PANR, GKP, GENL, GTE, and SEPL
Should you be buying VAALCO Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VAALCO Energy include Diversified Energy (DEC), Tullow Oil (TLW), PetroTal (PTAL), Serica Energy (SQZ), EnQuest (ENQ), Pantheon Resources (PANR), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Genel Energy (GENL), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), and Seplat Energy (SEPL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
VAALCO Energy (LON:EGY) and Diversified Energy (LON:DEC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Diversified Energy has higher revenue and earnings than VAALCO Energy. Diversified Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VAALCO Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.
VAALCO Energy currently has a consensus price target of GBX 720, indicating a potential upside of 42.57%. Diversified Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 175, indicating a potential downside of 84.38%. Given VAALCO Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe VAALCO Energy is more favorable than Diversified Energy.
55.1% of VAALCO Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.6% of Diversified Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of VAALCO Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Diversified Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
VAALCO Energy received 2 more outperform votes than Diversified Energy when rated by MarketBeat users.
Diversified Energy has a net margin of 93.96% compared to VAALCO Energy's net margin of 13.26%. Diversified Energy's return on equity of 329.81% beat VAALCO Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, VAALCO Energy and VAALCO Energy both had 3 articles in the media. Diversified Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat VAALCO Energy's score of 1.12 indicating that Diversified Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 93 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. VAALCO Energy pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Diversified Energy pays out 730.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Diversified Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Diversified Energy beats VAALCO Energy on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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