CNX vs. VIST, BSM, ERF, KOS, CRK, AESI, TALO, SSL, CRGY, and VTLE
Should you be buying CNX Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CNX Resources include Vista Energy (VIST), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Enerplus (ERF), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Comstock Resources (CRK), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Talos Energy (TALO), Sasol (SSL), Crescent Energy (CRGY), and Vital Energy (VTLE). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
CNX Resources (NYSE:CNX) and Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
CNX Resources has a net margin of 40.44% compared to Vista Energy's net margin of 30.24%. Vista Energy's return on equity of 39.92% beat CNX Resources' return on equity.
CNX Resources has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Energy has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CNX Resources currently has a consensus target price of $24.43, indicating a potential upside of 1.79%. Vista Energy has a consensus target price of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.17%. Given Vista Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vista Energy is more favorable than CNX Resources.
CNX Resources received 802 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.65% of users gave CNX Resources an outperform vote while only 37.84% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.
95.2% of CNX Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Vista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of CNX Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CNX Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Vista Energy. CNX Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vista Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CNX Resources had 8 more articles in the media than Vista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for CNX Resources and 16 mentions for Vista Energy. Vista Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat CNX Resources' score of 0.08 indicating that Vista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
CNX Resources beats Vista Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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