VVV vs. YPF, AR, PR, OVV, HESM, VNOM, SUN, APA, CHRD, and VIST
Should you be buying Valvoline stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valvoline include YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Antero Resources (AR), Permian Resources (PR), Ovintiv (OVV), Hess Midstream (HESM), Viper Energy (VNOM), Sunoco (SUN), APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), and Vista Energy (VIST). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Valvoline vs.
YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) and Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Valvoline has lower revenue, but higher earnings than YPF Sociedad Anónima. YPF Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valvoline, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Valvoline shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Valvoline shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
YPF Sociedad Anónima currently has a consensus target price of $42.02, indicating a potential upside of 11.41%. Valvoline has a consensus target price of $44.40, indicating a potential upside of 26.98%. Given Valvoline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Valvoline is more favorable than YPF Sociedad Anónima.
YPF Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $0.1380 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Valvoline pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays out 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valvoline pays out 5.7% 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. YPF Sociedad Anónima is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Valvoline had 7 more articles in the media than YPF Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Valvoline and 4 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima. Valvoline's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.40 indicating that Valvoline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Valvoline has a net margin of 16.34% compared to YPF Sociedad Anónima's net margin of 4.15%. Valvoline's return on equity of 143.64% beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's return on equity.
YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valvoline has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
YPF Sociedad Anónima received 157 more outperform votes than Valvoline when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.63% of users gave YPF Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 58.02% of users gave Valvoline an outperform vote.
Summary
Valvoline beats YPF Sociedad Anónima on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VVV) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
