DEC vs. EGY, SOC, VTS, BRY, REPX, TXO, TTI, GPRK, SBOW, and SD
Should you be buying Diversified Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diversified Energy include VAALCO Energy (EGY), Sable Offshore (SOC), Vitesse Energy (VTS), Berry (BRY), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), TXO Partners (TXO), TETRA Technologies (TTI), GeoPark (GPRK), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), and SandRidge Energy (SD). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Diversified Energy (NYSE:DEC) and VAALCO Energy (NYSE:EGY) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, VAALCO Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Diversified Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for VAALCO Energy and 0 mentions for Diversified Energy. VAALCO Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Diversified Energy's score of 0.33 indicating that VAALCO Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
26.5% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. VAALCO Energy pays out 44.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Diversified Energy has higher revenue and earnings than VAALCO Energy.
VAALCO Energy received 254 more outperform votes than Diversified Energy when rated by MarketBeat users.
VAALCO Energy has a net margin of 13.26% compared to Diversified Energy's net margin of 0.00%. VAALCO Energy's return on equity of 14.34% beat Diversified Energy's return on equity.
Summary
VAALCO Energy beats Diversified Energy on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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