PPR vs. PMT, BNG, QEC, YGR, TNZ, KEI, RBY, TXP, CNE, and PRQ
Should you be buying Prairie Provident Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prairie Provident Resources include Perpetual Energy (PMT), Bengal Energy (BNG), Questerre Energy (QEC), Yangarra Resources (YGR), Tenaz Energy (TNZ), Kolibri Global Energy (KEI), Rubellite Energy (RBY), Touchstone Exploration (TXP), Canacol Energy (CNE), and Petrus Resources (PRQ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Perpetual Energy (TSE:PMT) and Prairie Provident Resources (TSE:PPR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
Perpetual Energy has a beta of 3.22, suggesting that its share price is 222% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prairie Provident Resources has a beta of 2.75, suggesting that its share price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500.
0.2% of Prairie Provident Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.8% of Perpetual Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 77.9% of Prairie Provident Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Perpetual Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Prairie Provident Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Perpetual Energy and 0 mentions for Prairie Provident Resources. Prairie Provident Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Perpetual Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Perpetual Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Perpetual Energy received 50 more outperform votes than Prairie Provident Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.38% of users gave Prairie Provident Resources an outperform vote while only 40.75% of users gave Perpetual Energy an outperform vote.
Perpetual Energy has a net margin of 10.53% compared to Perpetual Energy's net margin of -28.89%. Prairie Provident Resources' return on equity of 4.75% beat Perpetual Energy's return on equity.
Perpetual Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$0.55, suggesting a potential upside of 5.77%. Given Prairie Provident Resources' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Perpetual Energy is more favorable than Prairie Provident Resources.
Perpetual Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Prairie Provident Resources. Prairie Provident Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perpetual Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Perpetual Energy beats Prairie Provident Resources on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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