TALO vs. AESI, CRK, VTLE, CRGY, VET, PARR, KRP, BSM, DMLP, and CNX
Should you be buying Talos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Talos Energy include Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Comstock Resources (CRK), Vital Energy (VTLE), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Vermilion Energy (VET), Par Pacific (PARR), Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), and CNX Resources (CNX). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Talos Energy (NYSE:TALO) and Atlas Energy Solutions (NYSE:AESI) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
Talos Energy received 138 more outperform votes than Atlas Energy Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 89.47% of users gave Atlas Energy Solutions an outperform vote while only 68.28% of users gave Talos Energy an outperform vote.
Atlas Energy Solutions has a net margin of 17.17% compared to Talos Energy's net margin of 12.85%. Atlas Energy Solutions' return on equity of 47.40% beat Talos Energy's return on equity.
Talos Energy has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlas Energy Solutions has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Talos Energy currently has a consensus target price of $20.94, indicating a potential upside of 62.24%. Atlas Energy Solutions has a consensus target price of $25.17, indicating a potential upside of 9.35%. Given Talos Energy's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Talos Energy is more favorable than Atlas Energy Solutions.
In the previous week, Talos Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Atlas Energy Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Talos Energy and 13 mentions for Atlas Energy Solutions. Atlas Energy Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Talos Energy's score of 0.29 indicating that Atlas Energy Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
89.3% of Talos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Talos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Talos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Atlas Energy Solutions. Atlas Energy Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Talos Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Atlas Energy Solutions beats Talos Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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