Berry (BRY) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate EGY or BRY?

VAALCO Energy presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 84.12%. Berry has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.10%. Given VAALCO Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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

Which has more risk and volatility, EGY or BRY?

VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berry has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EGY or BRY?

VAALCO Energy received 1 more outperform votes than Berry when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.32% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote while only 55.70% of users gave Berry an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VAALCO Energy	Outperform Votes 260 60.32%	Underperform Votes 171 39.68%
Berry	Outperform Votes 259 55.70%	Underperform Votes 206 44.30%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, EGY or BRY?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
VAALCO Energy	$455.07M	1.00	$60.35M	$0.85	5.11
Berry	$903.46M	0.36	$37.40M	$1.08	3.95

Is EGY or BRY more profitable?

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 Energy	17.93%	15.63%	8.72%
Berry	9.40%	6.50%	2.98%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EGY or BRY?

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

Does the media favor EGY or BRY?

In the previous week, VAALCO Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Berry. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for VAALCO Energy and 2 mentions for Berry. VAALCO Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Berry's score of 0.62 indicating that VAALCO Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VAALCO Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Berry	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is EGY or BRY a better dividend stock?

VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Berry pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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.

Summary

VAALCO Energy beats Berry on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.