BIR vs. AAV, KEL, CJ, HWX, OBE, SGY, FEC, FRU, CR, and SDE
Should you be buying Birchcliff Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Birchcliff Energy include Advantage Energy (AAV), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Cardinal Energy (CJ), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Surge Energy (SGY), Frontera Energy (FEC), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Crew Energy (CR), and Spartan Delta (SDE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Advantage Energy (TSE:AAV) and Birchcliff Energy (TSE:BIR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.
Birchcliff Energy received 196 more outperform votes than Advantage Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.93% of users gave Advantage Energy an outperform vote while only 61.32% of users gave Birchcliff Energy an outperform vote.
Advantage Energy has a net margin of 19.94% compared to Advantage Energy's net margin of 1.40%. Birchcliff Energy's return on equity of 6.43% beat Advantage Energy's return on equity.
Advantage Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Birchcliff Energy. Advantage Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Birchcliff Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Advantage Energy has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Birchcliff Energy has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.
43.6% of Advantage Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of Birchcliff Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Advantage Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Birchcliff Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Advantage Energy had 16 more articles in the media than Birchcliff Energy. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Advantage Energy and 0 mentions for Birchcliff Energy. Birchcliff Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Advantage Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Advantage Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Advantage Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$12.68, suggesting a potential upside of 16.99%. Birchcliff Energy has a consensus price target of C$6.36, suggesting a potential upside of 12.19%. Given Birchcliff Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Advantage Energy is more favorable than Birchcliff Energy.
Summary
Advantage Energy beats Birchcliff Energy on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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