Calumet Specialty Products Partners (CLMT) Competitors

Calumet Specialty Products Partners (NASDAQ:CLMT) and Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Do analysts rate CLMT or VIST?

Calumet Specialty Products Partners presently has a consensus price target of $25.75, suggesting a potential upside of 39.95%. Vista Energy has a consensus price target of $61.40, suggesting a potential upside of 8.37%. Given Calumet Specialty Products Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Calumet Specialty Products Partners is more favorable than Vista Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Calumet Specialty Products Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Vista Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CLMT or VIST?

Vista Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Calumet Specialty Products Partners. Calumet Specialty Products Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vista 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
Calumet Specialty Products Partners	$4.18B	0.38	$48.10M	-$2.76	-6.67
Vista Energy	$1.17B	4.62	$396.95M	$5.16	10.98

Is CLMT or VIST more profitable?

Vista Energy has a net margin of 34.78% compared to Calumet Specialty Products Partners' net margin of -5.42%. Vista Energy's return on equity of 30.06% beat Calumet Specialty Products Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Calumet Specialty Products Partners	-5.42%	N/A	-8.19%
Vista Energy	34.78%	30.06%	13.60%

Which has more volatility & risk, CLMT or VIST?

Calumet Specialty Products Partners has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Energy has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CLMT or VIST?

Calumet Specialty Products Partners received 296 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.30% of users gave Calumet Specialty Products Partners an outperform vote while only 42.22% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Calumet Specialty Products Partners	Outperform Votes 315 49.30%	Underperform Votes 324 50.70%
Vista Energy	Outperform Votes 19 42.22%	Underperform Votes 26 57.78%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CLMT or VIST?

34.4% of Calumet Specialty Products Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Vista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Calumet Specialty Products Partners shares are owned 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.

Does the media favor CLMT or VIST?

In the previous week, Calumet Specialty Products Partners had 17 more articles in the media than Vista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Calumet Specialty Products Partners and 6 mentions for Vista Energy. Vista Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Calumet Specialty Products Partners' score of 0.69 indicating that Vista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Calumet Specialty Products Partners	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vista Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Calumet Specialty Products Partners and Vista Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.