VET vs. CHRD, VNOM, MUR, SM, CPG, MGY, VRN, VIST, ERF, and SSL
Should you be buying Vermilion Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vermilion Energy include Chord Energy (CHRD), Viper Energy (VNOM), Murphy Oil (MUR), SM Energy (SM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Veren (VRN), Vista Energy (VIST), Enerplus (ERF), and Sasol (SSL). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) and Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Vermilion Energy received 323 more outperform votes than Chord Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.83% of users gave Vermilion Energy an outperform vote while only 45.90% of users gave Chord Energy an outperform vote.
Chord Energy presently has a consensus target price of $200.40, suggesting a potential upside of 18.61%. Vermilion Energy has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 122.22%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vermilion Energy is more favorable than Chord Energy.
In the previous week, Chord Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Vermilion Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Chord Energy and 5 mentions for Vermilion Energy. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Vermilion Energy's score of 0.91 indicating that Vermilion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Chord Energy has a net margin of 22.67% compared to Chord Energy's net margin of -30.71%. Vermilion Energy's return on equity of 16.57% beat Chord Energy's return on equity.
Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Vermilion Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Chord Energy pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vermilion Energy pays out -12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Chord Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Vermilion Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Vermilion Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Chord Energy has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vermilion Energy has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.8% of Chord Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.9% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Vermilion Energy. Vermilion Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chord Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Chord Energy beats Vermilion Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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