VTLE vs. VET, CRGY, PARR, AESI, TALO, KRP, DMLP, KOS, CRK, and SBOW
Should you be buying Vital Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vital Energy include Vermilion Energy (VET), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Par Pacific (PARR), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Talos Energy (TALO), Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Comstock Resources (CRK), and SilverBow Resources (SBOW). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET) and Vital Energy (NYSE:VTLE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Vermilion Energy currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 105.09%. Vital Energy has a consensus target price of $59.40, indicating a potential upside of 15.59%. Given Vital Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vermilion Energy is more favorable than Vital Energy.
Vital Energy has a net margin of 44.91% compared to Vital Energy's net margin of -30.71%. Vermilion Energy's return on equity of 17.60% beat Vital Energy's return on equity.
Vermilion Energy received 332 more outperform votes than Vital Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.76% of users gave Vermilion Energy an outperform vote while only 39.13% of users gave Vital Energy an outperform vote.
Vermilion Energy has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vital Energy has a beta of 3.23, meaning that its stock price is 223% more volatile than the S&P 500.
31.9% of Vermilion Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Vital Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vermilion Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Vital Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Vital Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vermilion Energy. Vermilion Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vital Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vermilion Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Vital Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Vermilion Energy and 4 mentions for Vital Energy. Vermilion Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Vital Energy's score of 0.28 indicating that Vital Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Vital Energy beats Vermilion Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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