ECOPETROL S.A. vs Diamondback Energy, Inc., two Oil & Gas stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where EC and FANG diverge most: on return on invested capital, EC reads 21.9% and FANG reads -0.4%; on debt / equity, EC reads 0.00 and FANG reads 0.33. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What EC's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What FANG's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | EC | FANG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $15.60 | $183.34 |
| Market cap | $641.4B | $51.8B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas | Oil & Gas |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +8.4% |
| P/E | — | 187.1 |
| P/B | — | 1.22 |
| P/S | — | 3.41 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 13.3 |
| Revenue growth | +34.9% | +23.1% |
| Gross margin | 35.1% | — |
| Operating margin | 28.9% | 2.7% |
| Net margin | 13.9% | 1.9% |
| Return on equity | 17.5% | 0.7% |
| Return on assets | 6.2% | 0.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 21.9% | -0.4% |
| FCF yield | — | 15.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.33 |
| Current ratio | 1.53 | 0.56 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.01 | 1.41 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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