PED vs. BATL, MVO, EPSN, PVL, PRT, INDO, PHX, USEG, PROP, and BRN
Should you be buying PEDEVCO stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PEDEVCO include Battalion Oil (BATL), MV Oil Trust (MVO), Epsilon Energy (EPSN), Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL), PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT), Indonesia Energy (INDO), PHX Minerals (PHX), U.S. Energy (USEG), Prairie Operating (PROP), and Barnwell Industries (BRN). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Battalion Oil (NYSE:BATL) and PEDEVCO (NYSE:PED) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Battalion Oil has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PEDEVCO has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PEDEVCO has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Battalion Oil. Battalion Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PEDEVCO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PEDEVCO's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Battalion Oil'saverage media sentiment score.
Battalion Oil received 1 more outperform votes than PEDEVCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 16.67% of users gave Battalion Oil an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave PEDEVCO an outperform vote.
86.0% of Battalion Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of PEDEVCO shares are held by institutional investors. 56.9% of Battalion Oil shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.1% of PEDEVCO shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PEDEVCO has a net margin of 6.97% compared to PEDEVCO's net margin of -1.38%. Battalion Oil's return on equity of 2.31% beat PEDEVCO's return on equity.
Battalion Oil presently has a consensus target price of $18.60, indicating a potential upside of 272.00%. Given PEDEVCO's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Battalion Oil is more favorable than PEDEVCO.
Summary
PEDEVCO beats Battalion Oil on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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