Vista Energy (VIST) Competitors

Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) and Coterra Energy (NYSE:CTRA) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in VIST or CTRA?

63.8% of Vista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Coterra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Coterra Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is VIST or CTRA more profitable?

Vista Energy has a net margin of 34.78% compared to Coterra Energy's net margin of 21.91%. Vista Energy's return on equity of 30.06% beat Coterra Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vista Energy	34.78%	30.06%	13.60%
Coterra Energy	21.91%	9.38%	5.95%

Is VIST or CTRA a better dividend stock?

Vista Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Coterra Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Vista Energy pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coterra Energy pays out 50.6% 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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, VIST or CTRA?

Coterra Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Vista Energy. Vista Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coterra 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
Vista Energy	$1.49B	3.50	$396.95M	$5.16	10.59
Coterra Energy	$5.66B	3.47	$1.63B	$1.66	16.07

Does the media refer more to VIST or CTRA?

In the previous week, Coterra Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Vista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Coterra Energy and 6 mentions for Vista Energy. Vista Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Coterra Energy's score of 1.00 indicating that Vista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vista Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coterra Energy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend VIST or CTRA?

Vista Energy currently has a consensus target price of $60.60, suggesting a potential upside of 10.87%. Coterra Energy has a consensus target price of $32.53, suggesting a potential upside of 21.97%. Given Coterra Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Coterra Energy is more favorable than Vista Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vista Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Coterra Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.95

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VIST or CTRA?

Coterra Energy received 62 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.78% of users gave Coterra Energy an outperform vote while only 40.91% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vista Energy	Outperform Votes 18 40.91%	Underperform Votes 26 59.09%
Coterra Energy	Outperform Votes 80 48.78%	Underperform Votes 84 51.22%

Which has more risk & volatility, VIST or CTRA?

Vista Energy has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coterra Energy has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Coterra Energy beats Vista Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.