Vista Energy (VIST) Competitors

YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) and Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of YPF or VIST?

10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Vista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is YPF or VIST more profitable?

Vista Energy has a net margin of 34.78% compared to YPF Sociedad Anónima's net margin of 4.15%. YPF Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 32.76% beat Vista Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
YPF Sociedad Anónima	4.15%	32.76%	12.67%
Vista Energy	34.78%	30.06%	13.60%

Do analysts prefer YPF or VIST?

YPF Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus price target of $42.02, indicating a potential upside of 11.54%. Vista Energy has a consensus price target of $64.73, indicating a potential upside of 34.00%. Given Vista Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vista Energy is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anónima.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
YPF Sociedad Anónima	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Vista Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, YPF or VIST?

Vista Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than YPF Sociedad Anónima. YPF Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vista 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
YPF Sociedad Anónima	$19.12B	0.77	-$1.31B	$5.99	6.29
Vista Energy	$1.65B	2.79	$396.95M	$4.75	10.17

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer YPF or VIST?

YPF Sociedad Anónima received 446 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.63% of users gave YPF Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 45.83% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
YPF Sociedad Anónima	Outperform Votes 468 67.63%	Underperform Votes 224 32.37%
Vista Energy	Outperform Votes 22 45.83%	Underperform Votes 26 54.17%

Which has more risk and volatility, YPF or VIST?

YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Energy has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is YPF or VIST a better dividend stock?

YPF Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $0.1380 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Vista Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays out 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vista Energy pays out 4.2% 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.

Does the media favor YPF or VIST?

In the previous week, YPF Sociedad Anónima had 2 more articles in the media than Vista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima and 3 mentions for Vista Energy. Vista Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.40 indicating that Vista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
YPF Sociedad Anónima	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Vista Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Vista Energy beats YPF Sociedad Anónima on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.