OBE vs. SGY, FEC, SDE, CR, CJ, VLE, KEL, KEC, GTE, and PNE
Should you be buying Obsidian Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Obsidian Energy include Surge Energy (SGY), Frontera Energy (FEC), Spartan Delta (SDE), Crew Energy (CR), Cardinal Energy (CJ), Valeura Energy (VLE), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Kiwetinohk Energy (KEC), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), and Pine Cliff Energy (PNE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Obsidian Energy (TSE:OBE) and Surge Energy (TSE:SGY) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Obsidian Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$14.19, suggesting a potential upside of 29.45%. Surge Energy has a consensus target price of C$11.79, suggesting a potential upside of 66.00%. Given Surge Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Surge Energy is more favorable than Obsidian Energy.
Obsidian Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Surge Energy. Surge Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Obsidian Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Obsidian Energy has a net margin of 16.53% compared to Surge Energy's net margin of 2.82%. Obsidian Energy's return on equity of 6.70% beat Surge Energy's return on equity.
Obsidian Energy has a beta of 2.49, meaning that its share price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Surge Energy has a beta of 2.66, meaning that its share price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Obsidian Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Surge Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Obsidian Energy pays out 3.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Surge Energy pays out 29.6% 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.
In the previous week, Obsidian Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Surge Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Obsidian Energy and 2 mentions for Surge Energy. Surge Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Obsidian Energy's score of -0.46 indicating that Surge Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
22.1% of Obsidian Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.0% of Surge Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Obsidian Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Surge Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Surge Energy received 120 more outperform votes than Obsidian Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.94% of users gave Surge Energy an outperform vote while only 58.79% of users gave Obsidian Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Obsidian Energy beats Surge Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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