Valvoline (VVV) Competitors

Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and Valvoline (NYSE:VVV) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Which has more volatility & risk, EC or VVV?

Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valvoline has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, EC or VVV?

Ecopetrol has higher revenue and earnings than Valvoline. Ecopetrol is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valvoline, 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
Ecopetrol	$33.22B	0.52	$25.27B	$2.27	3.73
Valvoline	$1.62B	2.87	$211.50M	$1.62	22.36

Is EC or VVV more profitable?

Ecopetrol has a net margin of 13.92% compared to Valvoline's net margin of 13.06%. Valvoline's return on equity of 197.22% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ecopetrol	13.92%	9.42%	3.31%
Valvoline	13.06%	197.22%	7.99%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EC or VVV?

96.1% of Valvoline shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Valvoline shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EC or VVV?

Valvoline received 8 more outperform votes than Ecopetrol when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.16% of users gave Valvoline an outperform vote while only 52.98% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ecopetrol	Outperform Votes 302 52.98%	Underperform Votes 268 47.02%
Valvoline	Outperform Votes 310 58.16%	Underperform Votes 223 41.84%

Do analysts recommend EC or VVV?

Ecopetrol currently has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.41%. Valvoline has a consensus target price of $45.33, indicating a potential upside of 25.14%. Given Valvoline's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Valvoline is more favorable than Ecopetrol.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ecopetrol	3 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.25
Valvoline	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Does the media refer more to EC or VVV?

In the previous week, Ecopetrol had 6 more articles in the media than Valvoline. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ecopetrol and 3 mentions for Valvoline. Ecopetrol's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Valvoline's score of 0.31 indicating that Ecopetrol is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ecopetrol	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Valvoline	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Valvoline beats Ecopetrol on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.