Is Vista Oil & Gas (VIST) Stock Outpacing Its Oils-Energy Peers This Year?
The Oils-Energy group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Is Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. Sponsored ADR (VIST) one of those stocks right now? Let's take a closer look at the stock's year-to-date performance to find out.
Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. Sponsored ADR is one of 243 companies in the Oils-Energy group. The Oils-Energy group currently sits at #16 within the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank includes 16 different groups and is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors.
The Zacks Rank emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find stocks with improving earnings outlooks. This system has a long record of success, and these stocks tend to be on track to beat the market over the next one to three months. Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. Sponsored ADR is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).
Over the past 90 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for VIST's full-year earnings has moved 13.6% higher. This shows that analyst sentiment has improved and the company's earnings outlook is stronger.
Based on the most recent data, VIST has returned 82.7% so far this year. Meanwhile, the Oils-Energy sector has returned an average of 1.6% on a year-to-date basis. This means that Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. Sponsored ADR is outperforming the sector as a whole this year.
Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (WMB) is another Oils-Energy stock that has outperformed the sector so far this year. Since the beginning of the year, the stock has returned 5.2%.
In Williams Companies, Inc. (The)'s case, the consensus EPS estimate for the current year increased 10.4% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
Breaking things down more, Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. Sponsored ADR is a member of the Oil and Gas - Integrated - International industry, which includes 15 individual companies and currently sits at #92 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, stocks in this group have lost 1% this year, meaning that VIST is performing better in terms of year-to-date returns.
Williams Companies, Inc. (The), however, belongs to the Oil and Gas - Production and Pipelines industry. Currently, this 11-stock industry is ranked #54. The industry has moved +9% so far this year.
Going forward, investors interested in Oils-Energy stocks should continue to pay close attention to Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. Sponsored ADR and Williams Companies, Inc. (The) as they could maintain their solid performance.
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