FEC vs. ATH, VET, PXT, IPCO, FRU, AAV, BIR, HWX, KEL, and CJ
Should you be buying Frontera Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Frontera Energy include Athabasca Oil (ATH), Vermilion Energy (VET), Parex Resources (PXT), International Petroleum (IPCO), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Advantage Energy (AAV), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Kelt Exploration (KEL), and Cardinal Energy (CJ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Frontera Energy (TSE:FEC) and Athabasca Oil (TSE:ATH) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
Frontera Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Athabasca Oil. Frontera Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Athabasca Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Frontera Energy has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Athabasca Oil has a beta of 2.18, meaning that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500.
57.4% of Frontera Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Athabasca Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Frontera Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Athabasca Oil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Frontera Energy has a net margin of 16.88% compared to Athabasca Oil's net margin of 3.63%. Frontera Energy's return on equity of 11.47% beat Athabasca Oil's return on equity.
Frontera Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$13.33, suggesting a potential upside of 66.04%. Athabasca Oil has a consensus price target of C$6.14, suggesting a potential upside of 25.88%. Given Frontera Energy's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Frontera Energy is more favorable than Athabasca Oil.
In the previous week, Athabasca Oil had 2 more articles in the media than Frontera Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Athabasca Oil and 0 mentions for Frontera Energy. Athabasca Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Frontera Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Athabasca Oil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Athabasca Oil received 215 more outperform votes than Frontera Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.31% of users gave Frontera Energy an outperform vote while only 56.56% of users gave Athabasca Oil an outperform vote.
Summary
Athabasca Oil beats Frontera Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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