VIA vs. SLNG, AE, PED, NINE, BATL, CRT, SND, NEOV, NRT, and LGO
Should you be buying Via Renewables stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Via Renewables include Stabilis Solutions (SLNG), Adams Resources & Energy (AE), PEDEVCO (PED), Nine Energy Service (NINE), Battalion Oil (BATL), Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (CRT), Smart Sand (SND), NeoVolta (NEOV), North European Oil Royalty Trust (NRT), and Largo (LGO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Via Renewables (NASDAQ:VIA) and Stabilis Solutions (NASDAQ:SLNG) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.
Via Renewables has a net margin of 3.44% compared to Stabilis Solutions' net margin of 0.17%. Via Renewables' return on equity of 48.61% beat Stabilis Solutions' return on equity.
74.4% of Via Renewables shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Stabilis Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 66.2% of Via Renewables shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 74.9% of Stabilis Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Stabilis Solutions received 4 more outperform votes than Via Renewables when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 35.29% of users gave Stabilis Solutions an outperform vote while only 7.14% of users gave Via Renewables an outperform vote.
Via Renewables has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stabilis Solutions has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Via Renewables has higher revenue and earnings than Stabilis Solutions. Via Renewables is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stabilis Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Via Renewables had 3 more articles in the media than Stabilis Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Via Renewables and 2 mentions for Stabilis Solutions. Via Renewables' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Stabilis Solutions' score of 0.31 indicating that Via Renewables is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Via Renewables beats Stabilis Solutions on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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