Reviewing Vistra (NYSE:VST) & Enlight Renewable Energy (NASDAQ:ENLT)

Enlight Renewable Energy (NASDAQ:ENLT) and Vistra (NYSE:VST) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Enlight Renewable Energy and Vistra, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enlight Renewable Energy	0	2	2	0	2.50
Vistra	0	0	6	1	3.14

Enlight Renewable Energy currently has a consensus target price of $18.75, indicating a potential upside of 10.95%. Vistra has a consensus target price of $110.83, indicating a potential downside of 6.50%. Given Enlight Renewable Energy’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Enlight Renewable Energy is more favorable than Vistra.

Profitability

This table compares Enlight Renewable Energy and Vistra’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enlight Renewable Energy	18.61%	3.97%	1.25%
Vistra	4.61%	21.05%	2.37%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Enlight Renewable Energy and Vistra”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enlight Renewable Energy	$307.24 million	6.36	$70.92 million	$0.51	33.14
Vistra	$14.78 billion	2.76	$1.49 billion	$1.63	72.72

Vistra has higher revenue and earnings than Enlight Renewable Energy. Enlight Renewable Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vistra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Enlight Renewable Energy has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vistra has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

38.9% of Enlight Renewable Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Vistra shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Vistra shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Vistra beats Enlight Renewable Energy on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Enlight Renewable Energy

Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd operates a renewable energy platform in Israel, Central-Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and the United States. The company develops, finances, constructs, owns, and operates utility-scale renewable energy projects. It develops wind energy and solar energy projects, as well as energy storage projects. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Rosh Haayin, Israel.

About Vistra

Vistra Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company. The company operates through six segments: Retail, Texas, East, West, Sunset, and Asset Closure. It retails electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across states in the United States and the District of Columbia. In addition, the company is involved in the electricity generation, wholesale energy purchases and sales, commodity risk management, fuel production, and fuel logistics management activities. It serves approximately 4 million customers with a generation capacity of approximately 37,000 megawatts with a portfolio of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company was formerly known as Vistra Energy Corp. and changed its name to Vistra Corp. in July 2020. Vistra Corp. was founded in 1882 and is based in Irving, Texas.