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Crescent Energy (CRGY) Competitors

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$8.24 +0.48 (+6.19%)
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CRGY vs. VNOM, SUN, HESM, APA, CHRD, VVV, MGY, VIST, VRN, and CRC

Should you be buying Crescent Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crescent Energy include Viper Energy (VNOM), Sunoco (SUN), Hess Midstream (HESM), APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Valvoline (VVV), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Vista Energy (VIST), Veren (VRN), and California Resources (CRC). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Crescent Energy vs.

Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) and Crescent Energy (NYSE:CRGY) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Viper Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Crescent Energy. Crescent Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viper Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Viper Energy$859.75M9.45$200.09M$3.6710.39
Crescent Energy$2.93B0.68$67.61M-$0.69-11.24

Viper Energy has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Energy has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Viper Energy has a net margin of 24.65% compared to Crescent Energy's net margin of 2.17%. Crescent Energy's return on equity of 12.53% beat Viper Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Viper Energy24.65% 6.72% 4.98%
Crescent Energy 2.17%12.53%3.61%

Viper Energy currently has a consensus target price of $58.62, indicating a potential upside of 53.77%. Crescent Energy has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 119.21%. Given Crescent Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Crescent Energy is more favorable than Viper Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Viper Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Crescent Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

Viper Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Crescent Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Viper Energy pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crescent Energy pays out -69.6% 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. Crescent Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Viper Energy received 496 more outperform votes than Crescent Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.92% of users gave Viper Energy an outperform vote while only 59.68% of users gave Crescent Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Viper EnergyOutperform Votes
533
64.92%
Underperform Votes
288
35.08%
Crescent EnergyOutperform Votes
37
59.68%
Underperform Votes
25
40.32%

In the previous week, Viper Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Crescent Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Viper Energy and 6 mentions for Crescent Energy. Viper Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Crescent Energy's score of 1.09 indicating that Viper Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Viper Energy
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Crescent Energy
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

87.7% of Viper Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of Crescent Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Viper Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Crescent Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Viper Energy beats Crescent Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CRGY vs. The Competition

MetricCrescent EnergyCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.00B$7.15B$6.79B$18.52B
Dividend Yield6.46%24.20%11.06%4.22%
P/E Ratio12.519.3442.3731.15
Price / Sales0.689.5018,913.9225.69
Price / Cash3.057.3835.4417.53
Price / Book0.801.473.334.29
Net Income$67.61M$1.10B$4.28B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-9.30%-2.74%-0.45%-0.79%
1 Month Performance-28.62%-9.31%-7.58%-6.88%
1 Year Performance-31.52%-20.30%141.89%1.74%

Crescent Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRGY
Crescent Energy
4.9073 of 5 stars
$8.24
+6.2%
$17.00
+106.3%
-31.7%$2.13B$2.93B13.29700Short Interest ↓
Positive News
VNOM
Viper Energy
4.2453 of 5 stars
$37.60
-0.1%
$58.77
+56.3%
-4.6%$8.01B$859.75M16.14711Positive News
High Trading Volume
SUN
Sunoco
3.2951 of 5 stars
$52.45
-0.7%
$63.83
+21.7%
+8.6%$8.01B$22.69B7.952,389High Trading Volume
HESM
Hess Midstream
3.7757 of 5 stars
$36.12
-2.9%
$43.00
+19.1%
+6.5%$7.87B$1.49B14.50200Positive News
APA
APA
3.8102 of 5 stars
$14.96
-1.4%
$27.68
+85.1%
-55.1%$5.45B$9.74B2.112,270Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.5326 of 5 stars
$86.02
-2.0%
$160.31
+86.4%
-52.3%$5.12B$5.25B4.43530Analyst Forecast
VVV
Valvoline
4.5596 of 5 stars
$33.04
-4.3%
$43.67
+32.2%
-18.4%$4.20B$1.66B15.8111,500Gap Down
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
4.4379 of 5 stars
$20.54
-2.7%
$27.77
+35.2%
-22.6%$3.99B$1.32B10.64210Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
VIST
Vista Energy
4.4243 of 5 stars
$36.80
-5.0%
$64.73
+75.9%
-3.0%$3.50B$1.65B7.13410Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
VRN
Veren
3.7883 of 5 stars
$5.51
-0.5%
$12.67
+130.1%
N/A$3.37B$4.41B3.93777Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CRC
California Resources
4.6452 of 5 stars
$34.13
-2.0%
$64.50
+89.0%
-37.4%$3.09B$2.93B5.381,060Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
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