JOY vs. BNE, IPO, GXE, RBY, TXP, PRQ, CNE, KEI, YGR, and TNZ
Should you be buying Journey Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Journey Energy include Bonterra Energy (BNE), InPlay Oil (IPO), Gear Energy (GXE), Rubellite Energy (RBY), Touchstone Exploration (TXP), Petrus Resources (PRQ), Canacol Energy (CNE), Kolibri Global Energy (KEI), Yangarra Resources (YGR), and Tenaz Energy (TNZ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Journey Energy (TSE:JOY) and Bonterra Energy (TSE:BNE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Journey Energy has a beta of 3.53, suggesting that its stock price is 253% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bonterra Energy has a beta of 2.85, suggesting that its stock price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Journey Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Bonterra Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Journey Energy pays out 125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bonterra Energy pays out 10.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Journey Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$6.63, suggesting a potential upside of 87.38%. Bonterra Energy has a consensus price target of C$8.92, suggesting a potential upside of 61.83%. Given Journey Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Journey Energy is more favorable than Bonterra Energy.
In the previous week, Journey Energy had 14 more articles in the media than Bonterra Energy. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Journey Energy and 1 mentions for Bonterra Energy. Bonterra Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Journey Energy's score of 0.60 indicating that Bonterra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bonterra Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Journey Energy. Bonterra Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Journey Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bonterra Energy received 265 more outperform votes than Journey Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.73% of users gave Bonterra Energy an outperform vote while only 56.30% of users gave Journey Energy an outperform vote.
Bonterra Energy has a net margin of 16.44% compared to Journey Energy's net margin of 8.46%. Bonterra Energy's return on equity of 8.92% beat Journey Energy's return on equity.
15.8% of Journey Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.2% of Bonterra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Journey Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Bonterra Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Bonterra Energy beats Journey Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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