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$5.00 +0.01 (+0.20%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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

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 Range Resources (RRC). 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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.

VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Berry has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Berry pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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.

VAALCO Energy and Berry both received 259 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 60.23% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote while only 55.70% of users gave Berry an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VAALCO EnergyOutperform Votes
259
60.23%
Underperform Votes
171
39.77%
BerryOutperform Votes
259
55.70%
Underperform Votes
206
44.30%

In the previous week, Berry had 6 more articles in the media than VAALCO Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Berry and 3 mentions for VAALCO Energy. VAALCO Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Berry's score of 0.82 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)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Berry
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

VAALCO Energy currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 76.02%. Berry has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given VAALCO Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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 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 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$455.07M1.04$60.35M$0.855.35
Berry$903.46M0.43$37.40M$1.084.63

Summary

VAALCO Energy beats Berry on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BRY vs. The Competition

MetricBerryCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$367M$7.66B$8.87B$8.93B
Dividend Yield2.52%23.43%11.57%4.04%
P/E Ratio4.6312.7813.4717.35
Price / Sales0.435.6948.7677.39
Price / Cash1.787.4211.6235.97
Price / Book0.501.854.384.79
Net Income$37.40M$1.18B$951.08M$225.00M
7 Day Performance4.82%2.24%2.34%1.52%
1 Month Performance31.58%13.73%12.82%4.88%
1 Year Performance-24.24%9.69%469.09%20.12%

Berry Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRY
Berry
3.7044 of 5 stars
$5.00
+0.2%
$5.00
-23.0%$367M$903.46M4.631,282Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
EGY
VAALCO Energy
4.1455 of 5 stars
$4.64
+3.1%
$8.00
+72.4%
+5.9%$481.37M$506.42M5.46120Short Interest ↓
Positive News
SD
SandRidge Energy
3.7309 of 5 stars
$12.41
+1.1%
N/A-10.5%$461.83M$120.24M9.70100News Coverage
WTI
W&T Offshore
2.8876 of 5 stars
$1.80
+5.0%
$7.80
+334.5%
-28.9%$264.51M$537.26M-4.17320Gap Up
PHX
PHX Minerals
2.7583 of 5 stars
$3.98
-0.3%
$4.90
+23.1%
+27.5%$149.17M$38.33M30.6220Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.9896 of 5 stars
$104.12
+2.2%
$136.76
+31.4%
-1.1%$119.83B$55.24B12.389,900Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
EOG
EOG Resources
3.7295 of 5 stars
$134.98
+2.7%
$143.48
+6.3%
+24.2%$75.92B$23.76B10.873,050Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.623 of 5 stars
$177.45
+1.5%
$210.08
+18.4%
+20.3%$51.81B$9.58B10.161,023Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
EQT
EQT
4.5175 of 5 stars
$49.81
+1.7%
$48.67
-2.3%
+50.3%$29.72B$4.79B59.30740Analyst Upgrade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
DVN
Devon Energy
4.7608 of 5 stars
$36.87
+2.4%
$49.43
+34.1%
-7.5%$24.22B$15.26B6.841,900Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
RRC
Range Resources
4.1201 of 5 stars
$38.44
+0.7%
$37.16
-3.3%
+40.0%$9.28B$2.33B19.41540Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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