KEC vs. VLE, GTE, CR, PNE, SDE, SGY, FEC, OBE, JOY, and IPO
Should you be buying Kiwetinohk Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kiwetinohk Energy include Valeura Energy (VLE), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Crew Energy (CR), Pine Cliff Energy (PNE), Spartan Delta (SDE), Surge Energy (SGY), Frontera Energy (FEC), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Journey Energy (JOY), and InPlay Oil (IPO). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Kiwetinohk Energy (TSE:KEC) and Valeura Energy (TSE:VLE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Valeura Energy has a net margin of 56.16% compared to Kiwetinohk Energy's net margin of 24.95%. Valeura Energy's return on equity of 156.29% beat Kiwetinohk Energy's return on equity.
63.2% of Kiwetinohk Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of Valeura Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.7% of Kiwetinohk Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of Valeura Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kiwetinohk Energy has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valeura Energy has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valeura Energy received 143 more outperform votes than Kiwetinohk Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.96% of users gave Valeura Energy an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Kiwetinohk Energy an outperform vote.
Valeura Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kiwetinohk Energy. Valeura Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kiwetinohk Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kiwetinohk Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Valeura Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Kiwetinohk Energy and 7 mentions for Valeura Energy. Valeura Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Kiwetinohk Energy's score of 0.11 indicating that Valeura Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kiwetinohk Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$20.00, indicating a potential upside of 59.62%. Valeura Energy has a consensus target price of C$10.75, indicating a potential upside of 120.29%. Given Valeura Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Valeura Energy is more favorable than Kiwetinohk Energy.
Summary
Valeura Energy beats Kiwetinohk Energy on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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