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Liberty Energy (LBRT) Competitors

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$18.17 -0.10 (-0.55%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

LBRT vs. PR, OVV, AR, VNOM, SUN, HESM, CHRD, VIST, MGY, and VVV

Should you be buying Liberty Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Energy include Permian Resources (PR), Ovintiv (OVV), Antero Resources (AR), Viper Energy (VNOM), Sunoco (SUN), Hess Midstream (HESM), Chord Energy (CHRD), Vista Energy (VIST), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), and Valvoline (VVV). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Liberty Energy vs.

Permian Resources (NYSE:PR) and Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Permian Resources has a net margin of 21.20% compared to Liberty Energy's net margin of 8.02%. Liberty Energy's return on equity of 18.50% beat Permian Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Permian Resources21.20% 11.15% 6.93%
Liberty Energy 8.02%18.50%11.17%

91.8% of Permian Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Permian Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Liberty Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Liberty Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Permian Resources. Permian Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Permian Resources$4.83B2.26$476.31M$1.658.24
Liberty Energy$4.45B0.67$556.32M$2.108.65

In the previous week, Permian Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Liberty Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Permian Resources and 9 mentions for Liberty Energy. Permian Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Liberty Energy's score of 0.63 indicating that Permian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Permian Resources
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Liberty Energy
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Liberty Energy received 287 more outperform votes than Permian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.27% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote while only 62.54% of users gave Liberty Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Permian ResourcesOutperform Votes
62
63.27%
Underperform Votes
36
36.73%
Liberty EnergyOutperform Votes
349
62.54%
Underperform Votes
209
37.46%

Permian Resources currently has a consensus target price of $18.87, indicating a potential upside of 38.73%. Liberty Energy has a consensus target price of $22.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.83%. Given Permian Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Permian Resources is more favorable than Liberty Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Permian Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94
Liberty Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Liberty Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Permian Resources pays out 36.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Liberty Energy pays out 15.2% 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.

Permian Resources has a beta of 4.35, meaning that its stock price is 335% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Energy has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Permian Resources beats Liberty Energy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LBRT vs. The Competition

MetricLiberty EnergyOil & gas field services IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.99B$3.76B$8.31B$19.18B
Dividend Yield1.77%2.20%11.69%3.60%
P/E Ratio8.6525.2512.1541.24
Price / Sales0.670.9867.8817.60
Price / Cash3.257.5810.8521.28
Price / Book1.641.443.365.32
Net Income$556.32M$297.22M$955.68M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-4.22%-5.33%-3.44%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-0.98%-11.12%-5.58%-3.68%
1 Year Performance-1.60%4.83%1.57%12.14%

Liberty Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LBRT
Liberty Energy
3.619 of 5 stars
$18.17
-0.5%
$22.50
+23.8%
-1.9%$2.99B$4.45B8.655,500High Trading Volume
PR
Permian Resources
4.9026 of 5 stars
$14.25
-2.9%
$18.93
+32.9%
+3.0%$11.45B$3.12B8.90461Analyst Forecast
OVV
Ovintiv
4.7313 of 5 stars
$39.89
-1.5%
$56.59
+41.9%
-12.8%$10.38B$10.88B5.371,743Analyst Forecast
AR
Antero Resources
3.6387 of 5 stars
$31.71
-2.0%
$34.33
+8.3%
+42.4%$9.87B$4.08B227.14590Analyst Upgrade
Options Volume
VNOM
Viper Energy
3.5939 of 5 stars
$51.24
+0.1%
$58.27
+13.7%
+50.5%$9.65B$835.80M21.97711Analyst Forecast
Positive News
SUN
Sunoco
2.5631 of 5 stars
$53.28
-0.1%
$62.75
+17.8%
-13.6%$8.12B$23.07B12.272,389
HESM
Hess Midstream
2.3302 of 5 stars
$36.43
-0.7%
$38.67
+6.1%
+16.0%$7.94B$1.35B15.55200Positive News
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.8058 of 5 stars
$116.31
-2.5%
$184.55
+58.7%
-33.1%$7.11B$3.90B6.01530Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
VIST
Vista Energy
4.3186 of 5 stars
$57.91
-0.1%
$59.80
+3.3%
+72.1%$5.51B$1.17B11.24410
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.2418 of 5 stars
$24.73
-2.4%
$27.75
+12.2%
+6.6%$4.86B$1.23B12.26247Analyst Forecast
Positive News
VVV
Valvoline
4.8996 of 5 stars
$37.84
-1.4%
$46.25
+22.2%
-2.0%$4.86B$1.62B23.6811,500Analyst Forecast
Positive News

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