Diversified Energy (DEC) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DEC or BSM?

Diversified Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Black Stone Minerals.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diversified Energy	$749.63M	1.00	$758.02M	N/A	N/A
Black Stone Minerals	$471.51M	6.26	$422.55M	$1.62	8.64

Is DEC or BSM more profitable?

Black Stone Minerals has a net margin of 67.54% compared to Diversified Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Black Stone Minerals' return on equity of 41.49% 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	67.54%	41.49%	29.65%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DEC or BSM?

26.5% of Diversified Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Black Stone Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. 18.6% of Black Stone Minerals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DEC or BSM?

Black Stone Minerals received 294 more outperform votes than Diversified Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Diversified Energy an outperform vote while only 59.92% of users gave Black Stone Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diversified Energy	Outperform Votes 5 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Black Stone Minerals	Outperform Votes 299 59.92%	Underperform Votes 200 40.08%

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 5.2%. Black Stone Minerals pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Black Stone Minerals pays out 92.6% 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 prefer DEC or BSM?

Diversified Energy currently has a consensus target price of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 26.05%. Black Stone Minerals has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.43%. Given Diversified Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Black Stone Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media favor DEC or BSM?

In the previous week, Black Stone Minerals had 1 more articles in the media than Diversified Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Black Stone Minerals and 3 mentions for Diversified Energy. Diversified Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Black Stone Minerals' score of -0.13 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Black Stone Minerals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Diversified Energy beats Black Stone Minerals on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.