FEC vs. SGY, SDE, OBE, CR, VLE, KEC, CJ, GTE, KEL, and PNE
Should you be buying Frontera Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Frontera Energy include Surge Energy (SGY), Spartan Delta (SDE), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Crew Energy (CR), Valeura Energy (VLE), Kiwetinohk Energy (KEC), Cardinal Energy (CJ), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Kelt Exploration (KEL), and Pine Cliff Energy (PNE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Surge Energy (TSE:SGY) and Frontera Energy (TSE:FEC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Surge Energy has a beta of 2.66, meaning that its stock price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontera Energy has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Surge Energy received 138 more outperform votes than Frontera Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.94% of users gave Surge Energy an outperform vote while only 58.31% of users gave Frontera Energy an outperform vote.
Surge Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$11.79, indicating a potential upside of 69.82%. Frontera Energy has a consensus target price of C$13.33, indicating a potential upside of 47.33%. Given Frontera Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Surge Energy is more favorable than Frontera Energy.
Surge Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Frontera Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Surge Energy pays out 29.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Frontera Energy pays out 4.3% 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.
Frontera Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Surge Energy. Frontera Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Surge Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Frontera Energy has a net margin of 16.88% compared to Frontera Energy's net margin of -0.50%. Surge Energy's return on equity of 11.47% beat Frontera Energy's return on equity.
4.4% of Surge Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.3% of Frontera Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Surge Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Frontera Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Surge Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Frontera Energy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Surge Energy and 4 mentions for Frontera Energy. Surge Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Frontera Energy's score of -0.01 indicating that Frontera Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Surge Energy beats Frontera Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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