YPF vs. E, SU, WDS, CVE, EXE, PBA, CTRA, EC, AR, and PR
Should you be buying YPF Sociedad Anónima stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of YPF Sociedad Anónima include ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Ecopetrol (EC), Antero Resources (AR), and Permian Resources (PR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
YPF Sociedad Anónima vs.
ENI (NYSE:E) and YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk.
YPF Sociedad Anónima has a net margin of 4.15% compared to ENI's net margin of 2.76%. YPF Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 32.76% beat ENI's return on equity.
ENI pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $0.1380 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. ENI pays out 83.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. YPF Sociedad Anónima pays out 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
YPF Sociedad Anónima received 56 more outperform votes than ENI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.63% of users gave YPF Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 53.86% of users gave ENI an outperform vote.
ENI has higher revenue and earnings than YPF Sociedad Anónima. YPF Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ENI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ENI had 7 more articles in the media than YPF Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for ENI and 5 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima. ENI's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.40 indicating that ENI is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ENI has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ENI currently has a consensus target price of $31.60, indicating a potential upside of 2.80%. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a consensus target price of $42.02, indicating a potential upside of 11.54%. Given YPF Sociedad Anónima's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe YPF Sociedad Anónima is more favorable than ENI.
1.2% of ENI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of ENI shares are held by 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.
Summary
YPF Sociedad Anónima beats ENI on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:YPF) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
