CNE vs. PRQ, RBY, TXP, KEI, GXE, JOY, IPO, BNE, YGR, and TNZ
Should you be buying Canacol Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canacol Energy include Petrus Resources (PRQ), Rubellite Energy (RBY), Touchstone Exploration (TXP), Kolibri Global Energy (KEI), Gear Energy (GXE), Journey Energy (JOY), InPlay Oil (IPO), Bonterra Energy (BNE), Yangarra Resources (YGR), and Tenaz Energy (TNZ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Canacol Energy (TSE:CNE) and Petrus Resources (TSE:PRQ) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.
Petrus Resources has a net margin of 46.82% compared to Canacol Energy's net margin of 27.31%. Canacol Energy's return on equity of 26.80% beat Petrus Resources' return on equity.
Canacol Energy has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petrus Resources has a beta of 3.2, meaning that its share price is 220% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Canacol Energy pays an annual dividend of C$1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.8%. Petrus Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Canacol Energy pays out 30.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petrus Resources pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
23.6% of Canacol Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Petrus Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.0% of Canacol Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 75.2% of Petrus Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Petrus Resources had 6 more articles in the media than Canacol Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Petrus Resources and 3 mentions for Canacol Energy. Petrus Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Canacol Energy's score of -0.21 indicating that Petrus Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canacol Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Petrus Resources. Canacol Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Petrus Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Canacol Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$7.47, indicating a potential upside of 49.33%. Petrus Resources has a consensus target price of C$1.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.38%. Given Canacol Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Canacol Energy is more favorable than Petrus Resources.
Canacol Energy received 114 more outperform votes than Petrus Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.13% of users gave Canacol Energy an outperform vote while only 63.87% of users gave Petrus Resources an outperform vote.
Summary
Canacol Energy beats Petrus Resources on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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