Select Water Solutions (WTTR) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, WTTR or VIST?

Select Water Solutions has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Energy has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Do analysts recommend WTTR or VIST?

Select Water Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $13.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.82%. Vista Energy has a consensus target price of $59.80, suggesting a potential upside of 11.65%. Given Vista Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vista Energy is more favorable than Select Water Solutions.

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)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, WTTR or VIST?

Vista Energy has higher revenue and 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	$1.48B	1.01	$74.40M	$0.59	21.22
Vista Energy	$1.49B	3.43	$396.95M	$5.16	10.38

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WTTR or VIST?

81.7% of Select Water Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Vista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Select Water Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer WTTR or VIST?

In the previous week, Vista Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Select Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Vista Energy and 2 mentions for Select Water Solutions. Vista Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Select Water Solutions' score of 0.89 indicating that Vista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Is WTTR or VIST a better dividend stock?

Select Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Vista Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Select Water Solutions pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vista Energy pays out 3.9% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WTTR or VIST?

Select Water Solutions received 304 more outperform votes than Vista Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.94% of users gave Select Water Solutions an outperform vote while only 41.86% of users gave Vista Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Select Water Solutions	Outperform Votes 322 66.94%	Underperform Votes 159 33.06%
Vista Energy	Outperform Votes 18 41.86%	Underperform Votes 25 58.14%

Summary

Vista Energy beats Select Water Solutions on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.