DEC vs. VTS, EGY, SOC, TXO, REPX, BRY, GPRK, SD, TTI, and SBOW
Should you be buying Diversified Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diversified Energy include Vitesse Energy (VTS), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Sable Offshore (SOC), TXO Partners (TXO), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), Berry (BRY), GeoPark (GPRK), SandRidge Energy (SD), TETRA Technologies (TTI), and SilverBow Resources (SBOW). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Diversified Energy (NYSE:DEC) and Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, Vitesse Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Diversified Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Vitesse Energy and 1 mentions for Diversified Energy. Vitesse Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Diversified Energy's score of 0.94 indicating that Vitesse Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Diversified Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Vitesse Energy.
Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Vitesse Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Vitesse Energy pays out 238.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
26.5% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Vitesse Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.8% of Vitesse Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vitesse Energy received 7 more outperform votes than Diversified Energy when rated by MarketBeat users.
Vitesse Energy has a net margin of 10.92% compared to Diversified Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Vitesse Energy's return on equity of 7.87% beat Diversified Energy's return on equity.
Vitesse Energy has a consensus price target of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.29%. Given Vitesse Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vitesse Energy is more favorable than Diversified Energy.
Summary
Vitesse Energy beats Diversified Energy on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DEC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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