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VRN vs. PR, AR, OVV, VNOM, APA, HESM, SUN, CHRD, VIST, and MGY

Should you be buying Veren stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veren 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.

Veren vs.

Permian Resources (NYSE:PR) and Veren (NYSE:VRN) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Permian Resources received 60 more outperform votes than Veren when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Veren an outperform vote while only 64.00% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Permian ResourcesOutperform Votes
64
64.00%
Underperform Votes
36
36.00%
VerenOutperform Votes
4
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Veren pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Permian Resources pays out 36.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Veren pays out 23.6% 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. Veren is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Permian Resources had 15 more articles in the media than Veren. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Permian Resources and 4 mentions for Veren. Veren's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Permian Resources' score of 0.73 indicating that Veren is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Permian Resources
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Veren
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

91.8% of Permian Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of Veren shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Permian Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Veren shares are owned by company 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.

Permian Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Veren. Veren is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Permian Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Permian Resources$3.12B4.12$476.31M$1.659.70
Veren$2.59B1.29$422.48M$1.403.90

Permian Resources presently has a consensus price target of $19.06, suggesting a potential upside of 19.10%. Veren has a consensus price target of $12.67, suggesting a potential upside of 132.20%. Given Veren's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Veren is more favorable than Permian Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Permian Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94
Veren
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

Veren has a net margin of 26.93% compared to Permian Resources' net margin of 21.20%. Veren's return on equity of 12.23% beat Permian Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Permian Resources21.20% 11.15% 6.93%
Veren 26.93%12.23%6.80%

Permian Resources has a beta of 4.32, suggesting that its share price is 332% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veren has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Permian Resources beats Veren on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VRN vs. The Competition

MetricVerenCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.35B$8.13B$9.28B$19.88B
Dividend Yield5.93%23.44%11.57%3.70%
P/E Ratio3.9012.7813.4441.44
Price / Sales1.295.6849.1017.20
Price / Cash2.477.4211.6219.84
Price / Book0.671.854.385.73
Net Income$422.48M$1.18B$951.08M$993.95M
7 Day Performance-0.64%2.38%2.20%3.14%
1 Month Performance17.44%10.24%8.76%1.89%
1 Year PerformanceN/A9.62%469.74%19.67%

Veren Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VRN
Veren
4.5706 of 5 stars
$5.46
-0.6%
$12.67
+132.2%
N/A$3.35B$2.59B3.90777Short Interest ↓
Positive News
PR
Permian Resources
4.2284 of 5 stars
$15.40
+1.7%
$19.06
+23.8%
+22.8%$12.37B$4.83B9.33220News Coverage
AR
Antero Resources
3.5304 of 5 stars
$38.15
-0.4%
$35.88
-5.9%
+84.4%$11.87B$4.08B272.50590Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
OVV
Ovintiv
4.1022 of 5 stars
$44.90
+3.0%
$56.81
+26.5%
+13.4%$11.69B$10.13B5.951,740Analyst Revision
VNOM
Viper Energy
3.4344 of 5 stars
$50.86
+2.4%
$60.00
+18.0%
+66.0%$9.58B$835.80M21.83711
APA
APA
4.6092 of 5 stars
$24.43
+3.2%
$30.55
+25.1%
-19.6%$9.04B$9.19B3.452,270Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
HESM
Hess Midstream
1.8711 of 5 stars
$38.63
+2.0%
$38.67
+0.1%
+24.6%$8.42B$1.45B16.37200Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
SUN
Sunoco
3.0138 of 5 stars
$52.15
+1.7%
$62.75
+20.3%
-11.9%$7.95B$23.07B11.992,389
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.539 of 5 stars
$125.50
+1.4%
$173.23
+38.0%
-17.6%$7.67B$4.76B6.46530Analyst Forecast
VIST
Vista Energy
2.9646 of 5 stars
$56.92
-1.6%
$61.40
+7.9%
+90.7%$5.42B$1.49B11.03410News Coverage
Positive News
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
1.7206 of 5 stars
$25.45
+2.3%
$27.58
+8.4%
+33.7%$5.00B$1.31B12.60247

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