REPX vs. BRY, TTI, GPRK, SD, TXO, EGY, DEC, SOC, VTS, and GFR
Should you be buying Riley Exploration Permian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Riley Exploration Permian include Berry (BRY), TETRA Technologies (TTI), GeoPark (GPRK), SandRidge Energy (SD), TXO Partners (TXO), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Diversified Energy (DEC), Sable Offshore (SOC), Vitesse Energy (VTS), and Greenfire Resources (GFR). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Riley Exploration Permian (NYSE:REPX) and Berry (NASDAQ:BRY) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Riley Exploration Permian has a net margin of 24.16% compared to Berry's net margin of 0.41%. Riley Exploration Permian's return on equity of 25.64% beat Berry's return on equity.
58.9% of Riley Exploration Permian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Berry shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Riley Exploration Permian shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Berry shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Riley Exploration Permian has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berry has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Riley Exploration Permian presently has a consensus target price of $48.00, indicating a potential upside of 80.86%. Berry has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.96%. Given Riley Exploration Permian's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Riley Exploration Permian is more favorable than Berry.
Riley Exploration Permian has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Berry. Riley Exploration Permian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Berry, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Riley Exploration Permian pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Berry pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Riley Exploration Permian pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Berry pays out 4,800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Berry had 9 more articles in the media than Riley Exploration Permian. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Berry and 3 mentions for Riley Exploration Permian. Riley Exploration Permian's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Berry's score of 0.58 indicating that Riley Exploration Permian is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Berry received 240 more outperform votes than Riley Exploration Permian when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.52% of users gave Riley Exploration Permian an outperform vote while only 55.94% of users gave Berry an outperform vote.
Summary
Riley Exploration Permian beats Berry on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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