Riley Exploration Permian (REPX) Competitors

Crescent Energy (NYSE:CRGY) and Riley Exploration Permian (NYSE:REPX) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is CRGY or REPX more profitable?

Riley Exploration Permian has a net margin of 28.48% compared to Crescent Energy's net margin of 2.17%. Riley Exploration Permian's return on equity of 23.82% beat Crescent Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crescent Energy	2.17%	12.53%	3.61%
Riley Exploration Permian	28.48%	23.82%	11.31%

Is CRGY or REPX a better dividend stock?

Crescent Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Riley Exploration Permian pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Crescent Energy pays out 77.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Riley Exploration Permian pays out 27.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Riley Exploration Permian is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, CRGY or REPX?

Crescent Energy has a beta of 2.19, meaning that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Riley Exploration Permian has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CRGY or REPX?

52.1% of Crescent Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.9% of Riley Exploration Permian shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Crescent Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Riley Exploration Permian shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CRGY or REPX?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crescent Energy	$2.71B	0.90	$67.61M	$0.62	22.19
Riley Exploration Permian	$407.32M	1.81	$111.59M	$5.64	6.08

Does the media prefer CRGY or REPX?

In the previous week, Crescent Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Riley Exploration Permian. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Crescent Energy and 4 mentions for Riley Exploration Permian. Riley Exploration Permian's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Crescent Energy's score of 0.94 indicating that Riley Exploration Permian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crescent Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Riley Exploration Permian	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRGY or REPX?

Crescent Energy received 6 more outperform votes than Riley Exploration Permian when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.70% of users gave Riley Exploration Permian an outperform vote while only 59.18% of users gave Crescent Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crescent Energy	Outperform Votes 29 59.18%	Underperform Votes 20 40.82%
Riley Exploration Permian	Outperform Votes 23 69.70%	Underperform Votes 10 30.30%

Do analysts rate CRGY or REPX?

Crescent Energy currently has a consensus target price of $15.80, indicating a potential upside of 14.83%. Riley Exploration Permian has a consensus target price of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.23%. Given Riley Exploration Permian's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Riley Exploration Permian is more favorable than Crescent Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crescent Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Riley Exploration Permian	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Riley Exploration Permian beats Crescent Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.