VTS vs. KOS, AESI, CRGY, TALO, VET, VTLE, KRP, PARR, DMLP, and SBOW
Should you be buying Vitesse Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vitesse Energy include Kosmos Energy (KOS), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Talos Energy (TALO), Vermilion Energy (VET), Vital Energy (VTLE), Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP), Par Pacific (PARR), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), and SilverBow Resources (SBOW). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS) and Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
Kosmos Energy has a net margin of 12.85% compared to Vitesse Energy's net margin of 10.92%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 39.32% beat Vitesse Energy's return on equity.
Kosmos Energy received 512 more outperform votes than Vitesse Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Vitesse Energy an outperform vote while only 64.88% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.
51.6% of Vitesse Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.8% of Vitesse Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vitesse Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.1810 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Vitesse Energy pays out 238.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kosmos Energy pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Vitesse Energy has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.36, suggesting that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kosmos Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Vitesse Energy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kosmos Energy and 0 mentions for Vitesse Energy. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Vitesse Energy's score of 1.04 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vitesse Energy presently has a consensus target price of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.68%. Kosmos Energy has a consensus target price of $9.63, suggesting a potential upside of 57.92%. Given Kosmos Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Vitesse Energy.
Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Vitesse Energy. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vitesse Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kosmos Energy beats Vitesse Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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