Vital Energy (VTLE) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, VTLE or VIST?

Vital Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Vista Energy. Vital Energy 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
Vital Energy	$1.55B	0.76	$695.08M	$14.28	2.16
Vista Energy	$1.17B	3.88	$396.95M	$5.16	9.23

Is VTLE or VIST more profitable?

Vista Energy has a net margin of 34.78% compared to Vital Energy's net margin of 25.09%. Vista Energy's return on equity of 30.06% beat Vital Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vital Energy	25.09%	9.05%	4.65%
Vista Energy	34.78%	30.06%	13.60%

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

86.5% of Vital Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Vista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Vital Energy shares are held by 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.

Do analysts prefer VTLE or VIST?

Vital Energy presently has a consensus price target of $47.83, suggesting a potential upside of 54.75%. Vista Energy has a consensus price target of $59.80, suggesting a potential upside of 25.60%. Given Vital Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Vital Energy is more favorable than Vista Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vital Energy	3 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.08
Vista Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has more volatility & risk, VTLE or VIST?

Vital Energy has a beta of 3.16, suggesting that its share price is 216% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Energy has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer VTLE or VIST?

In the previous week, Vista Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Vital Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Vista Energy and 3 mentions for Vital Energy. Vital Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Vista Energy's score of 0.57 indicating that Vital Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vital Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vista Energy	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VTLE or VIST?

Vital Energy received 4 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 41.86% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote while only 34.92% of users gave Vital Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vital Energy	Outperform Votes 22 34.92%	Underperform Votes 41 65.08%
Vista Energy	Outperform Votes 18 41.86%	Underperform Votes 25 58.14%

Summary

Vital Energy beats Vista Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.