Diversified Energy (DEC) Competitors

Diversified Energy (NYSE:DEC) and Black Stone Minerals (NYSE:BSM) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is DEC or BSM a better dividend stock?

Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Black Stone Minerals pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Black Stone Minerals pays out 163.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate DEC or BSM?

Diversified Energy presently has a consensus target price of $20.75, suggesting a potential upside of 42.22%. Black Stone Minerals has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.11%. Given Diversified Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Diversified Energy is more favorable than Black Stone Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diversified Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Black Stone Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is DEC or BSM more profitable?

Black Stone Minerals has a net margin of 55.74% compared to Diversified Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Black Stone Minerals' return on equity of 32.76% beat Diversified Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diversified Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Black Stone Minerals	55.74%	32.76%	22.26%

Which has better valuation & earnings, DEC or BSM?

Black Stone Minerals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Diversified Energy.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diversified Energy	$794.84M	0.89	-$88.27M	N/A	N/A
Black Stone Minerals	$433.70M	6.30	$271.33M	$0.92	14.08

Does the media prefer DEC or BSM?

In the previous week, Diversified Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Black Stone Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Diversified Energy and 3 mentions for Black Stone Minerals. Diversified Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Black Stone Minerals' score of 0.38 indicating that Diversified Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Diversified Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Black Stone Minerals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, DEC or BSM?

Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Stone Minerals has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DEC or BSM?

26.5% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of Black Stone Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Diversified Energy beats Black Stone Minerals on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.