Critical Comparison: Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) & GSV (OTCMKTS:GSVI)

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) and GSV (OTCMKTS:GSVI) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Diamondback Energy and GSV’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diamondback Energy	$9.28 billion	3.74	$3.14 billion	$17.74	10.97
GSV	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Diamondback Energy has higher revenue and earnings than GSV.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.7% of GSV shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Diamondback Energy and GSV’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diamondback Energy	36.71%	19.36%	11.62%
GSV	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Diamondback Energy and GSV, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diamondback Energy	1	5	14	1	2.71
GSV	0	0	0	0	N/A

Diamondback Energy currently has a consensus target price of $211.85, indicating a potential upside of 8.88%. Given Diamondback Energy’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than GSV.

Summary

Diamondback Energy beats GSV on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Diamondback Energy

Diamondback Energy, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas company, acquires, develops, explores, and exploits unconventional, onshore oil and natural gas reserves in the Permian Basin in West Texas. It focuses on the development of the Spraberry and Wolfcamp formations of the Midland basin; and the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring formations of the Delaware basin, which are part of the Permian Basin in West Texas and New Mexico. The company also owns and operates midstream infrastructure assets, in the Midland and Delaware Basins of the Permian Basin. Diamondback Energy, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas.

About GSV

GSV, Inc. is an oil and gas exploration company. It operates oil and gas wells in Louisiana; and oil and gas prospects in Texas. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Westport, Connecticut.