Veren (VRN) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate VRN or PR?

Veren currently has a consensus target price of $12.67, indicating a potential upside of 144.06%. Permian Resources has a consensus target price of $18.87, indicating a potential upside of 27.48%. Given Veren's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Veren is more favorable than Permian Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Veren	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Permian Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94

Is VRN or PR a better dividend stock?

Veren pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Veren pays out 24.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Permian Resources pays out 36.4% 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.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VRN or PR?

49.4% of Veren shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Permian Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Veren shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Permian Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, VRN or PR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Veren	$4.30B	0.74	$422.48M	$1.40	3.71
Permian Resources	$4.83B	2.46	$476.31M	$1.65	8.97

Which has more risk & volatility, VRN or PR?

Veren has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Permian Resources has a beta of 4.34, indicating that its share price is 334% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor VRN or PR?

In the previous week, Permian Resources had 6 more articles in the media than Veren. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Permian Resources and 4 mentions for Veren. Veren's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Permian Resources' score of 1.24 indicating that Veren is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Veren	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Permian Resources	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VRN or PR?

Permian Resources received 56 more outperform votes than Veren when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Veren an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Veren	Outperform Votes 4 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Permian Resources	Outperform Votes 60 62.50%	Underperform Votes 36 37.50%

Is VRN or PR more profitable?

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
Veren	26.93%	12.23%	6.80%
Permian Resources	21.20%	11.15%	6.93%

Summary

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