VNOM vs. PDCE, MUR, MTDR, MGY, CTRA, EQT, MRO, OVV, PR, and CHK
Should you be buying Viper Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Viper Energy include PDC Energy (PDCE), Murphy Oil (MUR), Matador Resources (MTDR), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Coterra Energy (CTRA), EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), and Chesapeake Energy (CHK). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
PDC Energy (NASDAQ:PDCE) and Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.
PDC Energy presently has a consensus target price of $74.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.20%. Viper Energy has a consensus target price of $41.29, suggesting a potential upside of 13.39%. Given PDC Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Viper Energy is more favorable than PDC Energy.
PDC Energy has a beta of 2.47, meaning that its stock price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viper Energy has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PDC Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Viper Energy. PDC Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viper Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PDC Energy has a net margin of 43.85% compared to PDC Energy's net margin of 24.24%. Viper Energy's return on equity of 28.47% beat PDC Energy's return on equity.
PDC Energy received 550 more outperform votes than Viper Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.55% of users gave PDC Energy an outperform vote while only 63.95% of users gave Viper Energy an outperform vote.
PDC Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Viper Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. PDC Energy pays out 8.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Viper Energy pays out 39.7% 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. PDC Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Viper Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Viper Energy had 6 more articles in the media than PDC Energy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Viper Energy and 0 mentions for PDC Energy. PDC Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Viper Energy's score of 0.59 indicating that Viper Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
95.2% of PDC Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Viper Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of PDC Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Viper Energy shares are held by company 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.
Summary
PDC Energy beats Viper Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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