AAV vs. HWX, BIR, IPCO, FRU, KEL, CJ, PXT, OBE, VET, and NVA
Should you be buying Advantage Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advantage Energy include Headwater Exploration (HWX), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), International Petroleum (IPCO), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Cardinal Energy (CJ), Parex Resources (PXT), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Vermilion Energy (VET), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Headwater Exploration (TSE:HWX) and Advantage Energy (TSE:AAV) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Headwater Exploration has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advantage Energy has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Headwater Exploration has a net margin of 36.68% compared to Headwater Exploration's net margin of 19.94%. Advantage Energy's return on equity of 27.05% beat Headwater Exploration's return on equity.
Advantage Energy received 384 more outperform votes than Headwater Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.99% of users gave Advantage Energy an outperform vote while only 56.25% of users gave Headwater Exploration an outperform vote.
Headwater Exploration currently has a consensus target price of C$9.32, suggesting a potential upside of 22.33%. Advantage Energy has a consensus target price of C$12.73, suggesting a potential upside of 17.85%. Given Advantage Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Headwater Exploration is more favorable than Advantage Energy.
Headwater Exploration has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Advantage Energy. Headwater Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advantage Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Advantage Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Headwater Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Advantage Energy and 0 mentions for Headwater Exploration. Headwater Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Advantage Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Advantage Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
38.0% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.6% of Advantage Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Advantage Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Headwater Exploration and Advantage Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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