Select Water Solutions (WTTR) Competitors

Select Water Solutions (NYSE:WTTR) and Vista Energy (NYSE:VIST) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do analysts rate WTTR or VIST?

Select Water Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $16.25, suggesting a potential upside of 15.63%. Vista Energy has a consensus target price of $61.40, suggesting a potential upside of 8.37%. Given Select Water Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Select Water Solutions is more favorable than Vista Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Select Water Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Vista Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WTTR or VIST?

Vista Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Select Water Solutions. Vista Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Select Water Solutions, 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
Select Water Solutions	$1.59B	1.06	$74.40M	$0.59	23.82
Vista Energy	$1.17B	4.62	$396.95M	$5.16	10.98

Does the media favor WTTR or VIST?

In the previous week, Vista Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Select Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Vista Energy and 1 mentions for Select Water Solutions. Select Water Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Vista Energy's score of 0.86 indicating that Select Water Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Select Water Solutions	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vista Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WTTR or VIST more profitable?

Vista Energy has a net margin of 34.78% compared to Select Water Solutions' net margin of 4.05%. Vista Energy's return on equity of 30.06% beat Select Water Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Select Water Solutions	4.05%	6.65%	4.62%
Vista Energy	34.78%	30.06%	13.60%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WTTR or VIST?

Select Water Solutions received 304 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.01% of users gave Select Water Solutions an outperform vote while only 42.22% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Select Water Solutions	Outperform Votes 323 67.01%	Underperform Votes 159 32.99%
Vista Energy	Outperform Votes 19 42.22%	Underperform Votes 26 57.78%

Which has more volatility and risk, WTTR or VIST?

Select Water Solutions has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Energy has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WTTR or VIST?

81.7% of Select Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Vista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Select Water Solutions shares are held 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.

Summary

Select Water Solutions beats Vista Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.