CNE vs. VLE, KEC, SEI, LGN, GTE, PNE, RECO, SNM, IPO, and JOY
Should you be buying Canacol Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canacol Energy include Valeura Energy (VLE), Kiwetinohk Energy (KEC), Sintana Energy (SEI), Logan Energy (LGN), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Pine Cliff Energy (PNE), Reconnaissance Energy Africa (RECO), ShaMaran Petroleum (SNM), InPlay Oil (IPO), and Journey Energy (JOY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Canacol Energy (TSE:CNE) and Valeura Energy (TSE:VLE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Canacol Energy received 183 more outperform votes than Valeura Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.13% of users gave Canacol Energy an outperform vote while only 66.96% of users gave Valeura Energy an outperform vote.
Canacol Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$7.47, suggesting a potential upside of 62.67%. Valeura Energy has a consensus price target of C$10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 91.96%. Given Valeura Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Valeura Energy is more favorable than Canacol Energy.
Canacol Energy has a net margin of 22.61% compared to Valeura Energy's net margin of 5.19%. Canacol Energy's return on equity of 22.19% beat Valeura Energy's return on equity.
23.6% of Canacol Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.6% of Valeura Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.0% of Canacol Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of Valeura Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Canacol Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Valeura Energy. Canacol Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valeura Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Canacol Energy has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valeura Energy has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Valeura Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Canacol Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Valeura Energy and 2 mentions for Canacol Energy. Canacol Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Valeura Energy's score of 1.18 indicating that Canacol Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Valeura Energy beats Canacol Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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