GTE vs. PNE, BNE, JOY, IPO, GXE, TXP, KEC, RBY, KEI, and PRQ
Should you be buying Gran Tierra Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gran Tierra Energy include Pine Cliff Energy (PNE), Bonterra Energy (BNE), Journey Energy (JOY), InPlay Oil (IPO), Gear Energy (GXE), Touchstone Exploration (TXP), Kiwetinohk Energy (KEC), Rubellite Energy (RBY), Kolibri Global Energy (KEI), and Petrus Resources (PRQ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Gran Tierra Energy (TSE:GTE) and Pine Cliff Energy (TSE:PNE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Pine Cliff Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gran Tierra Energy. Gran Tierra Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pine Cliff Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gran Tierra Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$15.50, indicating a potential upside of 35.14%. Pine Cliff Energy has a consensus target price of C$1.27, indicating a potential upside of 27.95%. Given Gran Tierra Energy's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Gran Tierra Energy is more favorable than Pine Cliff Energy.
Gran Tierra Energy has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pine Cliff Energy has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pine Cliff Energy has a net margin of 5.24% compared to Gran Tierra Energy's net margin of -0.99%. Pine Cliff Energy's return on equity of 7.81% beat Gran Tierra Energy's return on equity.
34.2% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.9% of Pine Cliff Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Pine Cliff Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Pine Cliff Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Gran Tierra Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pine Cliff Energy and 2 mentions for Gran Tierra Energy. Gran Tierra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Pine Cliff Energy's score of 0.23 indicating that Gran Tierra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gran Tierra Energy received 520 more outperform votes than Pine Cliff Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.43% of users gave Gran Tierra Energy an outperform vote while only 62.08% of users gave Pine Cliff Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Pine Cliff Energy beats Gran Tierra Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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