OBE vs. EGY, VTS, BRY, DEC, REPX, SOC, TXO, TTI, SBOW, and GPRK
Should you be buying Obsidian Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Obsidian Energy include VAALCO Energy (EGY), Vitesse Energy (VTS), Berry (BRY), Diversified Energy (DEC), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), Sable Offshore (SOC), TXO Partners (TXO), TETRA Technologies (TTI), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), and GeoPark (GPRK). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
VAALCO Energy (NYSE:EGY) and Obsidian Energy (NYSE:OBE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking and earnings.
Obsidian Energy has a consensus price target of $15.25, suggesting a potential upside of 91.34%. Given VAALCO Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Obsidian Energy is more favorable than VAALCO Energy.
VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Obsidian Energy has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, VAALCO Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Obsidian Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for VAALCO Energy and 3 mentions for Obsidian Energy. Obsidian Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat VAALCO Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that VAALCO Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
VAALCO Energy has a net margin of 13.26% compared to VAALCO Energy's net margin of 12.45%. Obsidian Energy's return on equity of 14.34% beat VAALCO Energy's return on equity.
50.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of Obsidian Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
VAALCO Energy received 38 more outperform votes than Obsidian Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.05% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote while only 40.30% of users gave Obsidian Energy an outperform vote.
Obsidian Energy has higher revenue and earnings than VAALCO Energy. Obsidian 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.
Summary
VAALCO Energy beats Obsidian Energy on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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