HUSA vs. MXC, BRN, GBR, USEG, INDO, PVL, PRT, ROCG, LITM, and WAVE
Should you be buying Houston American Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Houston American Energy include Mexco Energy (MXC), Barnwell Industries (BRN), New Concept Energy (GBR), U.S. Energy (USEG), Indonesia Energy (INDO), Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL), PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT), Roth CH Acquisition IV (ROCG), Snow Lake Resources (LITM), and Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (WAVE). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Mexco Energy (NYSE:MXC) and Houston American Energy (NYSE:HUSA) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Mexco Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Houston American Energy. Houston American Energy 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 Mexco Energy's net margin of -404.41%. Houston American Energy's return on equity of 11.61% beat Mexco Energy's return on equity.
Mexco Energy and Houston American Energy both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
5.9% of Mexco Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.2% of Houston American Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 51.0% of Mexco Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Houston American Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Mexco Energy and Mexco Energy both had 1 articles in the media. Mexco Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Houston American Energy's score of 0.63 indicating that Houston American Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mexco Energy has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Houston American Energy has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mexco Energy beats Houston American Energy on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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