Comparing Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) & Osage Exploration and Development (OTCMKTS:OEDVQ)

Osage Exploration and Development (OTCMKTS:OEDVQ) and Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Osage Exploration and Development and Viper Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Osage Exploration and Development	0	0	0	0	0.00
Viper Energy	0	2	14	0	2.88

Viper Energy has a consensus target price of $54.20, suggesting a potential upside of 42.22%. Given Viper Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Viper Energy is more favorable than Osage Exploration and Development.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Osage Exploration and Development and Viper Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Osage Exploration and Development	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Viper Energy	$860.39 million	15.92	$359.24 million	$2.42	15.75

Viper Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Osage Exploration and Development.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

87.7% of Viper Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Viper Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Osage Exploration and Development and Viper Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Osage Exploration and Development	N/A	N/A	N/A
Viper Energy	20.62%	3.09%	2.55%

Summary

Viper Energy beats Osage Exploration and Development on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Osage Exploration and Development

Osage Exploration & Development, Inc. is an exploration and production company, which interests in oil and gas wells and prospects. It is focused on the Horizontal Mississippian and Woodford plays in Oklahoma. The company was founded on February 24, 2003 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

About Viper Energy

Viper Energy, Inc. engages in the acquisition of oil and natural gas properties. It owns, acquires, and exploits oil and natural gas properties in North America. The company was founded on February 27, 2014 and is headquartered in Midland, TX.