Civitas Resources (CIVI) Competitors

Permian Resources (NYSE:PR) and Civitas Resources (NYSE:CIVI) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PR or CIVI?

Civitas Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Permian Resources. Civitas Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Permian Resources, 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
Permian Resources	$5.00B	1.77	$476.31M	$1.43	7.70
Civitas Resources	$5.20B	0.47	$784.29M	$8.47	3.10

Is PR or CIVI a better dividend stock?

Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Civitas Resources pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Permian Resources pays out 42.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Civitas Resources pays out 23.6% 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. Civitas Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is PR or CIVI more profitable?

Permian Resources has a net margin of 21.20% compared to Civitas Resources' net margin of 19.65%. Civitas Resources' return on equity of 13.52% beat Permian Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Permian Resources	21.20%	11.15%	6.93%
Civitas Resources	19.65%	13.52%	5.95%

Which has more risk & volatility, PR or CIVI?

Permian Resources has a beta of 3.81, meaning that its stock price is 281% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Civitas Resources has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PR or CIVI?

Civitas Resources received 276 more outperform votes than Permian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.77% of users gave Civitas Resources an outperform vote while only 65.45% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Permian Resources	Outperform Votes 72 65.45%	Underperform Votes 38 34.55%
Civitas Resources	Outperform Votes 348 68.77%	Underperform Votes 158 31.23%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PR or CIVI?

91.8% of Permian Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of Civitas Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 12.8% of Permian Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Civitas Resources shares are held 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.

Do analysts rate PR or CIVI?

Permian Resources presently has a consensus target price of $18.73, suggesting a potential upside of 70.07%. Civitas Resources has a consensus target price of $62.86, suggesting a potential upside of 139.46%. Given Civitas Resources' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Civitas Resources is more favorable than Permian Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Permian Resources	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Civitas Resources	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Does the media favor PR or CIVI?

In the previous week, Permian Resources had 16 more articles in the media than Civitas Resources. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Permian Resources and 6 mentions for Civitas Resources. Permian Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Civitas Resources' score of 0.28 indicating that Permian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Permian Resources	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Civitas Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Permian Resources and Civitas Resources tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.