Talos Energy (TALO) Competitors

Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) and Talos Energy (NYSE:TALO) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Is VVV or TALO more profitable?

Valvoline has a net margin of 16.34% compared to Talos Energy's net margin of 3.95%. Valvoline's return on equity of 143.64% beat Talos Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Valvoline	16.34%	143.64%	8.42%
Talos Energy	3.95%	-1.98%	-0.86%

Which has more risk and volatility, VVV or TALO?

Valvoline has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Talos Energy has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in VVV or TALO?

96.1% of Valvoline shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of Talos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Valvoline shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Talos Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate VVV or TALO?

Valvoline presently has a consensus price target of $44.40, indicating a potential upside of 19.76%. Talos Energy has a consensus price target of $15.83, indicating a potential upside of 73.74%. Given Talos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Talos Energy is more favorable than Valvoline.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Valvoline	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Talos Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VVV or TALO?

Valvoline has higher revenue and earnings than Talos Energy. Talos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valvoline, 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
Valvoline	$1.62B	2.91	$211.50M	$2.09	17.74
Talos Energy	$1.46B	1.12	$187.33M	$0.54	16.88

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VVV or TALO?

Valvoline received 144 more outperform votes than Talos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.29% of users gave Talos Energy an outperform vote while only 58.02% of users gave Valvoline an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Valvoline	Outperform Votes 311 58.02%	Underperform Votes 225 41.98%
Talos Energy	Outperform Votes 167 69.29%	Underperform Votes 74 30.71%

Does the media favor VVV or TALO?

In the previous week, Valvoline had 8 more articles in the media than Talos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Valvoline and 3 mentions for Talos Energy. Talos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Valvoline's score of 0.48 indicating that Talos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Valvoline	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Talos Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Valvoline beats Talos Energy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.