This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. El Paso (EP) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipTrendsBuy This Stock EP vs. VTS, PARR, TXO, GRNT, VTLE, DEC, REPX, EGY, SD, and GFRShould you be buying El Paso stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of El Paso include Vitesse Energy (VTS), Par Pacific (PARR), TXO Partners (TXO), Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT), Vital Energy (VTLE), Diversified Energy (DEC), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), VAALCO Energy (EGY), SandRidge Energy (SD), and Greenfire Resources (GFR). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry. El Paso vs. Vitesse Energy Par Pacific TXO Partners Granite Ridge Resources Vital Energy Diversified Energy Riley Exploration Permian VAALCO Energy SandRidge Energy Greenfire Resources El Paso (NYSE:EP) and Vitesse Energy (NYSE:VTS) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings. Does the MarketBeat Community favor EP or VTS? El Paso received 91 more outperform votes than Vitesse Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Vitesse Energy an outperform vote while only 66.88% of users gave El Paso an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformEl PasoOutperform Votes10366.88% Underperform Votes5133.12% Vitesse EnergyOutperform Votes1275.00% Underperform Votes425.00% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EP or VTS? 51.6% of Vitesse Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 27.8% of El Paso shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.2% of Vitesse Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media prefer EP or VTS? In the previous week, El Paso had 8 more articles in the media than Vitesse Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for El Paso and 4 mentions for Vitesse Energy. Vitesse Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat El Paso's score of 0.00 indicating that Vitesse Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment El Paso 1 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 3 Negative mention(s) 4 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Vitesse Energy 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts recommend EP or VTS? Vitesse Energy has a consensus price target of $30.25, indicating a potential upside of 42.29%. Given Vitesse Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vitesse Energy is more favorable than El Paso.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score El Paso 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Vitesse Energy 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Which has preferable valuation and earnings, EP or VTS? Vitesse Energy has higher revenue and earnings than El Paso. El Paso is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vitesse Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioEl Paso$40.08M4.03-$20.85M-$0.62-7.74Vitesse Energy$242.00M3.39-$19.74M$0.6433.22 Which has more risk & volatility, EP or VTS? El Paso has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vitesse Energy has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Is EP or VTS more profitable? Vitesse Energy has a net margin of 18.05% compared to El Paso's net margin of 0.00%. Vitesse Energy's return on equity of 7.25% beat El Paso's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets El PasoN/A N/A N/A Vitesse Energy 18.05%7.25%4.95% SummaryVitesse Energy beats El Paso on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get El Paso News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for EP and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart EP vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricEl PasoCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$214.57M$7.50B$7.15B$18.91BDividend YieldN/A24.05%10.66%4.14%P/E Ratio-7.749.7648.8132.57Price / Sales4.038.4423,229.4528.52Price / CashN/A7.3835.6117.53Price / BookN/A1.533.504.45Net Income-$20.85M$1.10B$4.30B$1.02B El Paso Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)EPEl PasoN/A$4.80-25.6%N/A+3.2%$214.57M$40.08M-7.74N/AGap UpVTSVitesse Energy3.7154 of 5 stars$20.68-2.0%$30.25+46.3%-6.6%$797.79M$242.00M14.1636Positive NewsPARRPar Pacific3.98 of 5 stars$13.37+1.5%$20.68+54.7%-55.7%$726.67M$7.97B2.591,400Positive NewsTXOTXO Partners3.0229 of 5 stars$16.87-0.3%N/A-9.6%$694.50M$282.81M-2.84170Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageGRNTGranite Ridge Resources3.8869 of 5 stars$4.72-5.6%$7.70+63.1%-23.2%$618.96M$380.03M13.111Analyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsVTLEVital Energy2.9175 of 5 stars$14.73-3.3%$38.08+158.5%-71.1%$570.08M$1.95B-3.10290Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageDECDiversified Energy3.0638 of 5 stars$11.47-2.4%$22.33+94.7%-9.6%$553.13M$794.84M0.001,603REPXRiley Exploration Permian4.2146 of 5 stars$25.06-3.0%$47.00+87.5%-5.1%$539.32M$410.18M4.4450News CoveragePositive NewsGap DownEGYVAALCO Energy4.0291 of 5 stars$3.36-3.4%$8.00+138.1%-46.8%$348.58M$478.99M3.95120Positive NewsSDSandRidge Energy3.5619 of 5 stars$9.31-3.2%N/A-35.2%$345.82M$125.29M7.27100News CoveragePositive NewsGFRGreenfire Resources3.8315 of 5 stars$4.96-4.1%$10.50+111.7%-13.8%$344.56M$822.97M14.17165Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies VTS Competitors PARR Competitors TXO Competitors GRNT Competitors VTLE Competitors DEC Competitors REPX Competitors EGY Competitors SD Competitors GFR Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:EP) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersDonald Trump is about to free crypto from its chains …Sure enough, Bitcoin took off on the exact day Juan said it would. 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