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$4.64 -0.03 (-0.64%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

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

Should you be buying Veren stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veren include Permian Resources (PR), Ovintiv (OVV), Antero Resources (AR), Viper Energy (VNOM), Sunoco (SUN), Hess Midstream (HESM), Chord Energy (CHRD), Vista Energy (VIST), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), and Valvoline (VVV). 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 businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Permian Resources has a beta of 4.35, indicating that its stock price is 335% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veren has a beta of 2.16, indicating that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Permian Resources received 58 more outperform votes than Veren when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Veren an outperform vote while only 63.27% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Permian ResourcesOutperform Votes
62
63.27%
Underperform Votes
36
36.73%
VerenOutperform Votes
4
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

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 currently has a consensus price target of $18.87, indicating a potential upside of 35.05%. Veren has a consensus price target of $12.67, indicating a potential upside of 172.69%. Given Veren's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)
13 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

In the previous week, Permian Resources had 7 more articles in the media than Veren. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Permian Resources and 5 mentions for Veren. Permian Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Veren's score of 0.83 indicating that Permian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Veren pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Permian Resources pays out 36.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Veren pays out 24.3% 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.

Permian Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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$3.12B3.60$476.31M$1.658.47
Veren$4.30B0.67$422.48M$1.403.32

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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$2.86B$7.27B$7.88B$19.64B
Dividend Yield6.83%23.38%11.41%3.51%
P/E Ratio3.3211.1616.9343.80
Price / Sales0.677.1070.4017.47
Price / Cash2.266.8912.6221.73
Price / Book0.571.723.695.46
Net Income$422.48M$1.17B$922.05M$987.68M
7 Day Performance-6.07%-2.90%-2.19%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-10.50%-4.92%-1.02%1.31%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-2.54%5.29%16.45%

Veren Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VRN
Veren
4.0729 of 5 stars
$4.65
-0.6%
$12.67
+172.7%
N/A$2.86B$4.30B3.32777High Trading Volume
PR
Permian Resources
4.9342 of 5 stars
$14.25
-2.9%
$18.93
+32.9%
+4.9%$11.45B$3.12B8.90461Analyst Forecast
Positive News
OVV
Ovintiv
4.6466 of 5 stars
$39.89
-1.5%
$56.59
+41.9%
-9.9%$10.38B$10.88B5.371,743Analyst Forecast
AR
Antero Resources
3.811 of 5 stars
$31.75
-1.9%
$34.33
+8.1%
+43.6%$9.88B$4.08B227.14590Analyst Forecast
VNOM
Viper Energy
3.8312 of 5 stars
$51.24
+0.1%
$58.27
+13.7%
+64.5%$9.65B$835.80M21.97711Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
SUN
Sunoco
2.8136 of 5 stars
$53.32
-0.1%
$62.75
+17.7%
-7.7%$8.13B$23.07B12.272,389
HESM
Hess Midstream
2.9168 of 5 stars
$36.51
-0.5%
$38.67
+5.9%
+15.8%$7.96B$1.35B15.55200Positive News
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.8607 of 5 stars
$115.95
-2.8%
$184.55
+59.2%
-29.7%$7.09B$3.90B6.01530Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
VIST
Vista Energy
3.4966 of 5 stars
$57.91
-0.1%
$59.80
+3.3%
+103.1%$5.51B$1.17B11.24410
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.5735 of 5 stars
$24.75
-2.3%
$27.75
+12.1%
+12.7%$4.86B$1.23B12.26247Analyst Forecast
VVV
Valvoline
4.7678 of 5 stars
$37.84
-1.4%
$46.25
+22.2%
+2.3%$4.86B$1.62B23.6811,500Positive News

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This page (NYSE:VRN) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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