CJ vs. KEL, OBE, FEC, SGY, SDE, CR, BIR, VLE, KEC, and HWX
Should you be buying Cardinal Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cardinal Energy include Kelt Exploration (KEL), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Frontera Energy (FEC), Surge Energy (SGY), Spartan Delta (SDE), Crew Energy (CR), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Valeura Energy (VLE), Kiwetinohk Energy (KEC), and Headwater Exploration (HWX). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Cardinal Energy (TSE:CJ) and Kelt Exploration (TSE:KEL) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Cardinal Energy has a beta of 2.96, suggesting that its stock price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kelt Exploration has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cardinal Energy has a net margin of 21.53% compared to Kelt Exploration's net margin of 19.70%. Cardinal Energy's return on equity of 11.22% beat Kelt Exploration's return on equity.
4.3% of Cardinal Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Kelt Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of Cardinal Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Kelt Exploration shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kelt Exploration received 95 more outperform votes than Cardinal Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.25% of users gave Kelt Exploration an outperform vote while only 67.15% of users gave Cardinal Energy an outperform vote.
Cardinal Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Kelt Exploration. Cardinal Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kelt Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kelt Exploration had 8 more articles in the media than Cardinal Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Kelt Exploration and 1 mentions for Cardinal Energy. Kelt Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Cardinal Energy's score of -3.00 indicating that Kelt Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cardinal Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$8.70, indicating a potential upside of 25.90%. Kelt Exploration has a consensus price target of C$8.69, indicating a potential upside of 49.01%. Given Kelt Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kelt Exploration is more favorable than Cardinal Energy.
Summary
Kelt Exploration beats Cardinal Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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