MXC vs. BATL, PED, PRT, PVL, INDO, USEG, BRN, HUSA, EC, and GBR
Should you be buying Mexco Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mexco Energy include Battalion Oil (BATL), PEDEVCO (PED), PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT), Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL), Indonesia Energy (INDO), U.S. Energy (USEG), Barnwell Industries (BRN), Houston American Energy (HUSA), Ecopetrol (EC), and New Concept Energy (GBR). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Mexco Energy (NYSE:MXC) and Battalion Oil (NYSE:BATL) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, dividends and valuation.
Mexco Energy has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Battalion Oil has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Mexco Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Battalion Oil. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mexco Energy and 0 mentions for Battalion Oil. Mexco Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Battalion Oil's score of 0.00 indicating that Mexco Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Battalion Oil has a consensus target price of $18.60, indicating a potential upside of 220.69%. Given Battalion Oil's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Battalion Oil is more favorable than Mexco Energy.
Battalion Oil received 1 more outperform votes than Mexco Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 16.67% of users gave Battalion Oil an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Mexco Energy an outperform vote.
Mexco Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Battalion Oil. Battalion Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mexco Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mexco Energy has a net margin of 28.37% compared to Battalion Oil's net margin of -27.77%. Mexco Energy's return on equity of 11.61% beat Battalion Oil's return on equity.
5.9% of Mexco Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.0% of Battalion Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.0% of Mexco Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.9% of Battalion Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Mexco Energy beats Battalion Oil on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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