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$3.97 -0.18 (-4.34%)
(As of 05:44 PM ET)

BRY vs. EGY, SD, WTI, PHX, COP, EOG, FANG, EQT, DVN, and MRO

Should you be buying Berry stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Berry include VAALCO Energy (EGY), SandRidge Energy (SD), W&T Offshore (WTI), PHX Minerals (PHX), ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), EQT (EQT), Devon Energy (DVN), and Marathon Oil (MRO). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.

Berry vs.

VAALCO Energy (NYSE:EGY) and Berry (NASDAQ:BRY) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

VAALCO Energy has a net margin of 17.93% compared to Berry's net margin of 9.40%. VAALCO Energy's return on equity of 15.63% beat Berry's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
VAALCO Energy17.93% 15.63% 8.72%
Berry 9.40%6.50%2.98%

VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Berry pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. VAALCO Energy pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Berry pays out 11.1% 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.

In the previous week, VAALCO Energy and VAALCO Energy both had 2 articles in the media. Berry's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat VAALCO Energy's score of 0.97 indicating that Berry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
VAALCO Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Berry
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

VAALCO Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Berry. Berry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VAALCO Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
VAALCO Energy$506.42M0.95$60.35M$0.855.45
Berry$806.73M0.39$37.40M$1.083.75

VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berry has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

50.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Berry shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Berry shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

VAALCO Energy presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 72.79%. Berry has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.46%. Given VAALCO Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe VAALCO Energy is more favorable than Berry.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
VAALCO Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Berry
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

VAALCO Energy and Berry both received 259 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 60.37% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote while only 55.70% of users gave Berry an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VAALCO EnergyOutperform Votes
259
60.37%
Underperform Votes
170
39.63%
BerryOutperform Votes
259
55.70%
Underperform Votes
206
44.30%

Summary

VAALCO Energy beats Berry on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BRY vs. The Competition

MetricBerryCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$311.60M$7.81B$7.92B$9.28B
Dividend Yield2.82%23.38%11.37%4.06%
P/E Ratio3.7511.1517.0017.51
Price / Sales0.397.02109.99142.21
Price / Cash1.606.8912.4137.95
Price / Book0.401.733.634.94
Net Income$37.40M$1.17B$930.36M$225.59M
7 Day Performance-5.37%-3.69%-1.68%-1.07%
1 Month Performance-7.32%-5.45%-1.45%7.23%
1 Year Performance-41.47%-2.97%5.51%22.97%

Berry Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRY
Berry
4.377 of 5 stars
$3.97
-4.3%
$5.00
+25.9%
-39.9%$305.45M$806.73M3.681,282Positive News
EGY
VAALCO Energy
3.7942 of 5 stars
$4.70
-5.2%
$8.00
+70.2%
+5.7%$487.59M$506.42M5.84120
SD
SandRidge Energy
3.9355 of 5 stars
$11.14
-1.2%
N/A-20.8%$414.52M$148.64M8.81100Positive News
WTI
W&T Offshore
3.137 of 5 stars
$1.56
-8.3%
$7.80
+400.1%
-52.0%$229.83M$537.26M-3.95395
PHX
PHX Minerals
2.9357 of 5 stars
$3.97
-1.0%
$4.90
+23.4%
+19.0%$148.80M$38.33M30.5420
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.9805 of 5 stars
$99.57
-1.4%
$139.24
+39.8%
-14.2%$114.60B$58.57B12.019,900Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
EOG
EOG Resources
4.3512 of 5 stars
$124.61
-1.7%
$143.80
+15.4%
+2.5%$70.09B$24.19B10.213,050Analyst Forecast
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.9109 of 5 stars
$158.72
-2.8%
$211.52
+33.3%
+4.6%$46.34B$9.58B9.351,023Analyst Forecast
Positive News
EQT
EQT
4.5363 of 5 stars
$45.02
-1.3%
$46.61
+3.5%
+15.0%$26.86B$4.79B54.27740Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
DVN
Devon Energy
4.7744 of 5 stars
$32.75
-3.3%
$50.55
+54.4%
-28.3%$21.51B$15.68B6.291,900Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
MRO
Marathon Oil
1.4281 of 5 stars
$28.55
flat
$30.94
+8.4%
N/A$15.97B$6.70B12.251,681Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:BRY) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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