VIST vs. EQT, MRO, OVV, PR, CHK, APA, AR, RRC, SWN, and HESM
Should you be buying Vista Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Energy include EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), APA (APA), Antero Resources (AR), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), and Hess Midstream (HESM). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) and EQT (NYSE:EQT) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
EQT received 785 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.17% of users gave EQT an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.
Vista Energy has a net margin of 30.24% compared to EQT's net margin of 10.96%. Vista Energy's return on equity of 39.92% beat EQT's return on equity.
EQT has higher revenue and earnings than Vista Energy. Vista Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
63.8% of Vista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of EQT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of EQT 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.
In the previous week, EQT had 11 more articles in the media than Vista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for EQT and 6 mentions for Vista Energy. Vista Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat EQT's score of 0.29 indicating that Vista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vista Energy currently has a consensus target price of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.26%. EQT has a consensus target price of $44.94, suggesting a potential upside of 9.37%. Given EQT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe EQT is more favorable than Vista Energy.
Vista Energy has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQT has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
EQT beats Vista Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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