LBRT vs. PR, AR, OVV, VNOM, APA, HESM, SUN, CHRD, VIST, and MGY
Should you be buying Liberty Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Energy include Permian Resources (PR), Antero Resources (AR), Ovintiv (OVV), Viper Energy (VNOM), APA (APA), Hess Midstream (HESM), Sunoco (SUN), Chord Energy (CHRD), Vista Energy (VIST), and Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY). 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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Liberty Energy has higher revenue and 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.
Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Liberty Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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 currently has a consensus price target of $19.06, indicating a potential upside of 19.10%. Liberty Energy has a consensus price target of $22.20, indicating a potential downside of 2.05%. Given Permian Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Permian Resources is more favorable than Liberty Energy.
In the previous week, Liberty Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Permian Resources. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Liberty Energy and 7 mentions for Permian Resources. Liberty Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Permian Resources' score of 0.59 indicating that Liberty Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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, 3.7% of Liberty Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Permian Resources has a beta of 4.32, meaning that its stock price is 332% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Energy has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Liberty Energy received 288 more outperform votes than Permian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.00% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote while only 62.52% of users gave Liberty Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Liberty Energy beats Permian Resources on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LBRT) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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