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VAALCO Energy (EGY) Competitors

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$4.31 +0.02 (+0.47%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

EGY vs. KOS, SD, BRY, WTI, PHX, COP, EOG, FANG, EQT, and DVN

Should you be buying VAALCO Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VAALCO Energy include Kosmos Energy (KOS), SandRidge Energy (SD), Berry (BRY), W&T Offshore (WTI), PHX Minerals (PHX), ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), EQT (EQT), and Devon Energy (DVN). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.

VAALCO Energy vs.

VAALCO Energy (NYSE:EGY) and Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.

Kosmos Energy received 266 more outperform votes than VAALCO Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.50% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote while only 60.23% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VAALCO EnergyOutperform Votes
259
60.23%
Underperform Votes
171
39.77%
Kosmos EnergyOutperform Votes
525
64.50%
Underperform Votes
289
35.50%

VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.41, suggesting that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500.

VAALCO Energy has a net margin of 17.93% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 12.21%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 31.08% beat VAALCO Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
VAALCO Energy17.93% 15.63% 8.72%
Kosmos Energy 12.21%31.08%6.53%

VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.1810 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. VAALCO Energy pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kosmos Energy pays out 41.1% 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
VAALCO Energy$506.42M0.88$60.35M$0.855.07
Kosmos Energy$1.79B0.80$213.52M$0.446.84

VAALCO Energy currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 85.61%. Kosmos Energy has a consensus target price of $5.52, indicating a potential upside of 83.39%. Given VAALCO Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe VAALCO Energy is more favorable than Kosmos Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
VAALCO Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Kosmos Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

50.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Kosmos Energy had 7 more articles in the media than VAALCO Energy. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Kosmos Energy and 9 mentions for VAALCO Energy. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat VAALCO Energy's score of 0.76 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
VAALCO Energy
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kosmos Energy
7 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Kosmos Energy beats VAALCO Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EGY vs. The Competition

MetricVAALCO EnergyCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$447.13M$7.85B$8.05B$19.18B
Dividend Yield5.30%23.56%11.55%3.58%
P/E Ratio5.0711.1715.7541.22
Price / Sales0.886.57110.7417.58
Price / Cash2.886.9410.6421.28
Price / Book0.951.723.725.32
Net Income$60.35M$1.20B$955.68M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-13.10%-4.77%-3.43%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-20.19%-9.18%-5.44%-3.73%
1 Year Performance-8.10%-6.12%1.40%12.06%

VAALCO Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EGY
VAALCO Energy
3.7145 of 5 stars
$4.31
+0.5%
$8.00
+85.6%
-6.6%$447.13M$506.42M5.07120Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
KOS
Kosmos Energy
4.8183 of 5 stars
$2.71
-10.0%
$5.50
+103.0%
-54.9%$1.28B$1.79B6.05243Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
SD
SandRidge Energy
3.5603 of 5 stars
$11.13
-1.3%
N/A-24.0%$414.15M$148.64M8.81100
BRY
Berry
4.3275 of 5 stars
$4.09
-1.0%
$5.00
+22.2%
-45.5%$314.68M$806.73M3.771,282Positive News
WTI
W&T Offshore
3.0603 of 5 stars
$1.54
-9.3%
$7.80
+405.9%
-55.1%$227.21M$537.26M-3.95395Analyst Revision
PHX
PHX Minerals
2.6832 of 5 stars
$3.98
-0.7%
$4.90
+23.1%
+13.5%$149.17M$38.33M30.5420Analyst Forecast
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.9912 of 5 stars
$99.62
-1.4%
$139.24
+39.8%
-18.5%$114.65B$58.57B12.019,900Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
EOG
EOG Resources
4.2434 of 5 stars
$124.51
-1.8%
$143.80
+15.5%
-2.0%$70.03B$24.19B10.213,050Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.8771 of 5 stars
$158.61
-2.9%
$211.52
+33.4%
-0.6%$46.31B$9.58B9.351,023Analyst Forecast
Positive News
EQT
EQT
4.5549 of 5 stars
$44.97
-1.4%
$46.61
+3.6%
+13.1%$26.83B$4.79B54.27740
DVN
Devon Energy
4.7409 of 5 stars
$32.71
-3.5%
$50.55
+54.5%
-32.0%$21.49B$15.68B6.291,900Analyst Forecast

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