Dorchester Minerals (DMLP) Competitors

Dorchester Minerals (NASDAQ:DMLP) and Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DMLP or VIST?

Dorchester Minerals received 155 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.68% of users gave Dorchester Minerals an outperform vote while only 42.22% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dorchester Minerals	Outperform Votes 174 64.68%	Underperform Votes 95 35.32%
Vista Energy	Outperform Votes 19 42.22%	Underperform Votes 26 57.78%

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

19.2% of Dorchester Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Vista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Dorchester Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, DMLP or VIST?

Dorchester Minerals has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Energy has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DMLP or VIST more profitable?

Dorchester Minerals has a net margin of 66.02% compared to Vista Energy's net margin of 34.78%. Dorchester Minerals' return on equity of 48.81% beat Vista Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dorchester Minerals	66.02%	48.81%	47.61%
Vista Energy	34.78%	30.06%	13.60%

Does the media favor DMLP or VIST?

In the previous week, Vista Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Dorchester Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Vista Energy and 2 mentions for Dorchester Minerals. Dorchester Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Vista Energy's score of 0.86 indicating that Dorchester Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dorchester Minerals	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 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

Do analysts recommend DMLP or VIST?

Vista Energy has a consensus price target of $61.40, suggesting a potential upside of 8.37%. Given Vista Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vista Energy is more favorable than Dorchester Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dorchester Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Vista Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DMLP or VIST?

Vista Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Dorchester Minerals. Vista Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dorchester Minerals, 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
Dorchester Minerals	$163.80M	9.57	$110.39M	$2.78	11.91
Vista Energy	$1.17B	4.62	$396.95M	$5.16	10.98

Summary

Dorchester Minerals and Vista Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.