HWX vs. AAV, BIR, FRU, IPCO, KEL, CJ, PXT, OBE, VET, and NVA
Should you be buying Headwater Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Headwater Exploration include Advantage Energy (AAV), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Freehold Royalties (FRU), International Petroleum (IPCO), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Cardinal Energy (CJ), Parex Resources (PXT), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Vermilion Energy (VET), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Headwater Exploration (TSE:HWX) and Advantage Energy (TSE:AAV) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Headwater Exploration has a net margin of 36.68% compared to Advantage Energy's net margin of 19.94%. Headwater Exploration's return on equity of 27.05% beat Advantage Energy's return on equity.
Headwater Exploration has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Advantage Energy. Headwater Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advantage Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Advantage Energy received 384 more outperform votes than Headwater Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.99% of users gave Advantage Energy an outperform vote while only 56.25% of users gave Headwater Exploration an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Advantage Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Headwater Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Advantage Energy and 0 mentions for Headwater Exploration. Advantage Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Headwater Exploration's score of 0.00 indicating that Advantage Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Headwater Exploration has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advantage Energy has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
38.0% of Headwater Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.6% of Advantage Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Headwater Exploration shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Advantage Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Headwater Exploration presently has a consensus price target of C$9.32, indicating a potential upside of 22.33%. Advantage Energy has a consensus price target of C$12.73, indicating a potential upside of 17.85%. Given Headwater Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Headwater Exploration is more favorable than Advantage Energy.
Summary
Headwater Exploration and Advantage Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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