MXC vs. BRN, USEG, HUSA, INDO, PRT, PVL, BATL, PED, ALCE, and ICD
Should you be buying Mexco Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mexco Energy include Barnwell Industries (BRN), U.S. Energy (USEG), Houston American Energy (HUSA), Indonesia Energy (INDO), PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT), Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL), Battalion Oil (BATL), PEDEVCO (PED), Alternus Clean Energy (ALCE), and Independence Contract Drilling (ICD). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Mexco Energy (NYSE:MXC) and Barnwell Industries (NYSE:BRN) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
Mexco Energy has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnwell Industries has a beta of 0.15, indicating that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mexco Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Barnwell Industries. Barnwell Industries 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 Barnwell Industries' net margin of -11.35%. Mexco Energy's return on equity of 11.61% beat Barnwell Industries' return on equity.
Mexco Energy and Barnwell Industries both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Mexco Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Barnwell Industries. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Mexco Energy and 1 mentions for Barnwell Industries. Barnwell Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Mexco Energy's score of 0.54 indicating that Barnwell Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
5.9% of Mexco Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Barnwell Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 51.0% of Mexco Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of Barnwell Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Mexco Energy beats Barnwell Industries on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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