VET vs. VTLE, CRGY, PARR, TALO, KRP, AESI, DMLP, KOS, GRNT, and SBOW
Should you be buying Vermilion Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vermilion Energy include Vital Energy (VTLE), Crescent Energy (CRGY), Par Pacific (PARR), Talos Energy (TALO), Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Dorchester Minerals (DMLP), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT), and SilverBow Resources (SBOW). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Vermilion Energy (NYSE:VET) and Vital Energy (NYSE:VTLE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
31.9% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Vital Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Vital Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vermilion Energy received 333 more outperform votes than Vital Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.83% of users gave Vermilion Energy an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Vital Energy an outperform vote.
Vermilion Energy currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 102.76%. Vital Energy has a consensus price target of $59.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.13%. Given Vermilion Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vermilion Energy is more favorable than Vital Energy.
Vital Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Vermilion Energy. Vermilion Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vital Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vital Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Vermilion Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Vital Energy and 6 mentions for Vermilion Energy. Vermilion Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Vital Energy's score of 0.58 indicating that Vermilion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vital Energy has a net margin of 30.34% compared to Vermilion Energy's net margin of -30.71%. Vital Energy's return on equity of 14.22% beat Vermilion Energy's return on equity.
Vermilion Energy has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vital Energy has a beta of 3.23, suggesting that its stock price is 223% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vital Energy beats Vermilion Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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