VET vs. VTLE, CRGY, PARR, TALO, KRP, AESI, DMLP, KOS, GRNT, and SBOW
Should you be buying Vermilion Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vermilion Energy include Vital Energy (VTLE), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Par Pacific (PARR), Talos Energy (TALO), Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT), and SilverBow Resources (SBOW). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Vital Energy (NYSE:VTLE) and Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
86.5% of Vital Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.9% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Vital Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Vital Energy currently has a consensus target price of $59.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.13%. Vermilion Energy has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 102.76%. 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 higher revenue and 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.
Vital Energy has a beta of 3.23, meaning that its share price is 223% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vermilion Energy has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vermilion Energy received 333 more outperform votes than Vital Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.83% of users gave Vermilion Energy an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Vital Energy an outperform vote.
Vital Energy has a net margin of 30.34% compared to Vital Energy's net margin of -30.71%. Vermilion Energy's return on equity of 14.22% beat Vital Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Vital Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Vermilion Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Vital Energy and 6 mentions for Vermilion Energy. Vital Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Vermilion Energy's score of 0.58 indicating that Vermilion 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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