PR vs VIST vs COP Stock Comparison

Permian Resources, Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V and Conocophillips Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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PR Permian Resources Corp
$25.76 +20.5% 1M +106.4% 1Y
Market cap
$21.40B
P/E
17.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.74B
Div. yield
–
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
1 win
COP Conocophillips
$151.41 +18.9% 1M +72.0% 1Y
Market cap
$179.94B
P/E
19.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$65.28B
Div. yield
0.02%
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V 7, Conocophillips 3, Permian Resources 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPRVISTCOPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $21.40B $7.32B $179.94B COP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 17.3x 8.7x 19.4x VIST
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.4x 7.1x 13.6x VIST
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.8% +77.8% +8.5% VIST
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 21.5% 23.9% 14.2% VIST
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.8% 25.8% 22.5% VIST
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 1.0x 0.4x COP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +106.4% +82.5% +72.0% PR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +28.6%/yr +62.4%/yr +15.3%/yr VIST
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 33.1% 43.4% 30.1% COP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 62/100 69/100 60/100 VIST

Percentile Scorecard

PRVISTCOP

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisPRVISTCOP
Valuation 40 #60 of 99 82 #19 of 99 41 #59 of 99
Growth 87 #14 of 97 69 #31 of 97 57 #42 of 97
Profitability 86 #14 of 96 95 #6 of 96 88 #12 of 96
Financial Health 59 #42 of 102 32 #70 of 102 70 #31 of 102
Shareholder Returns 39 #47 of 76 – 45 #42 of 76
Overall 62 69 60
  • PR ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • VIST ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • COP ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodPRVISTCOPSPY
1 month +20.5%+8.2%+18.9% -0.8%
3 months +27.2%+9.6%+31.0% +3.5%
6 months +24.9%+1.5%+24.4% +7.0%
Year to date +83.6%+50.1%+61.7% +12.2%
1 year +106.4%+82.5%+72.0% +13.0%
3 years +76.0%+149.8%+28.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year +20.7%+35.7%+8.7% +23.1%
5 years +251.4%+1,028.9%+103.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year +28.6%+62.4%+15.3% +11.0%
10 years +80.9%—+262.2% +258.0%
10 years, per year +6.1%—+13.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasurePRVISTCOPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 33.1%43.4%30.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.6%43.3%29.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.54-0.42-0.71 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 3.211.902.39 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -44.3%-43.4%-38.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-7.8%0.0% -1.8%
52-week high $25.76$79.25$151.41 $779.14
52-week low $12.13$43.88$85.66 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultiplePRVISTCOP
P/E now vs peer median 17.5xmedian 13.5x 8.9xmedian 13.5x 19.8xmedian 13.5x
P/S now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 2.1x 2.2xmedian 2.1x 2.8xmedian 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.9xmedian 5.9x 4.1xmedian 5.9x 4.6xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 20.0xmedian 11.0x 2.3xmedian 11.0x 18.1xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.5x 2.2xmedian 1.5x 2.8xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 10.23median 2.27 -0.11median 2.27 -1.88median 2.27

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsPRVISTCOP
Revenue $5.74B $3.53B $65.28B
Gross profit – $1.86B $41.24B
Operating income $2.06B $1.51B $31.28B
Net income $1.31B $841.68M $9.28B
Free cash flow $1.08B $3.32B $10.06B
R&D $25.50M – $393.00M
EPS (diluted) $1.44 $7.85 $7.64
Cash & equivalents $131.72M $604.66M $6.57B
Total debt $2.99B $2.97B $23.29B
Shares (diluted) 855.24M 107.21M 1.21B
Enterprise value $20.84B $5.24B $152.65B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricPRVISTCOP
P/E 17.5x 8.9x 19.8x
P/FCF 20.0x 2.3x 18.1x
P/Operating cash flow 5.4x 4.2x 8.3x
P/S 3.8x 2.2x 2.8x
P/B 1.8x 2.2x 2.8x
P/Tangible book 1.8x 2.2x 2.8x
EV/EBITDA 5.9x 4.1x 4.6x
EV/EBIT 11.9x 6.6x 6.3x
EV/Revenue 4.3x 2.8x 3.0x
EV/FCF 22.7x 3.0x 19.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 6.1x 5.5x 9.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 10.23 -0.11 -1.88

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPRVISTCOP
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.8% 77.8% 8.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 31.0% -77.8% -2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 96.4% 5.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -78.0% 0.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 26.7% 84.2% 6.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 27.7% -77.9% -2.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -3.1% 45.8% 1.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.8% 36.2% -10.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -5.5% 19.3% 4.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 1.7% -78.4% -10.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 6.1% 165.9% 10.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 30.3% 40.1% -3.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 280.2% 58.5% 45.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 36.3% 38.3% -3.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPRVISTCOP
Gross margin – 52.7% 63.2%
EBITDA margin 72.2% 69.5% 66.0%
Operating margin 35.8% 42.8% 47.9%
Pretax margin 29.0% 33.3% 22.4%
Net margin 21.5% 23.9% 14.2%
FCF margin 18.8% 94.3% 15.4%
Operating cash flow margin 69.6% 51.4% 33.6%
Return on equity 11.2% 27.5% 14.3%
Return on assets 7.2% 9.9% 7.5%
Return on invested capital 10.8% 25.8% 22.5%
Return on capital employed 12.6% 21.9% 28.2%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.4x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.1x 2.2x 2.4x
Stock comp / revenue 1.2% 2.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPRVISTCOP
Debt / assets 16.2% 31.9% 18.7%
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.8x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 1.0x 0.4x
Debt / FCF 2.8x 0.9x 2.3x
Liabilities / assets 35.1% 62.1% 47.4%
Equity / assets 64.9% 37.9% 52.6%
Interest coverage 7.8x 6.9x 39.2x
Current ratio 0.6x 0.7x 1.5x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.4x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.4x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 2.78 1.96 4.10

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPRVISTCOP
Dividend yield 2.4% – 2.2%
Net buyback yield 0.1% – 3.0%
Shareholder yield 2.6% – 5.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 43.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 40.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 7.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -15.4%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusPRVISTCOP
Forward P/E 11.4xFY2026 7.1xFY2026 13.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.26FY2026 $10.26FY2026 $11.12FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +76.6%FY2026 +50.4%FY2026 +80.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.1% +5.8% -3.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.46BFY2026 $4.11BFY2026 $76.43BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +27.5%FY2026 +66.6%FY2026 +24.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +15.3% +2.3% -5.8%
PR estimates →VIST estimates →COP estimates →

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPRVISTCOP
Held by institutions 91.3% 57.7% 84.0%
Institutions holding 615 223 2,436
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.4% +11.6% -1.6%
Institutions buying 349 138 1,119
Institutions selling 183 65 961
Buyers to sellers 1.91 2.12 1.16
PR holders →VIST holders →COP holders →

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

PRVISTCOP
PR 1.00 0.52 0.77
VIST 0.52 1.00 0.50
COP 0.77 0.50 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PR, VIST and COP?

Conocophillips (COP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Permian Resources (PR) $21.40B, Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) $7.32B, Conocophillips (COP) $179.94B.

Which stock is cheaper, PR, VIST and COP?

Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Permian Resources (PR) 17.3x, Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) 8.7x, Conocophillips (COP) 19.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) is cheapest (Permian Resources (PR) 11.4x, Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) 7.1x, Conocophillips (COP) 13.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Permian Resources (PR) +12.8%, Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) +77.8%, Conocophillips (COP) +8.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) has the highest net margin (Permian Resources (PR) 21.5%, Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) 23.9%, Conocophillips (COP) 14.2%). On return on invested capital, Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) leads (Permian Resources (PR) 10.8%, Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) 25.8%, Conocophillips (COP) 22.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Permian Resources (PR) returned the most: Permian Resources (PR) +106.4%, Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) +82.5%, Conocophillips (COP) +72.0%. Over five years, Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) compounded fastest (Permian Resources (PR) +28.6%/yr, Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) +62.4%/yr, Conocophillips (COP) +15.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Permian Resources (PR) 0.00%, Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) 0.00%, Conocophillips (COP) 0.02%. Permian Resources (PR) and Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Conocophillips (COP) has been the steadiest (Permian Resources (PR) 33.1%, Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) 43.4%, Conocophillips (COP) 30.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PR, VIST and COP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V (VIST) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.