PRQ vs. CNE, TXP, RBY, KEI, GXE, IPO, BNE, JOY, TNZ, and YGR
Should you be buying Petrus Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petrus Resources include Canacol Energy (CNE), Touchstone Exploration (TXP), Rubellite Energy (RBY), Kolibri Global Energy (KEI), Gear Energy (GXE), InPlay Oil (IPO), Bonterra Energy (BNE), Journey Energy (JOY), Tenaz Energy (TNZ), and Yangarra Resources (YGR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Canacol Energy (TSE:CNE) and Petrus Resources (TSE:PRQ) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
Canacol Energy has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petrus Resources has a beta of 3.2, indicating that its share price is 220% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Canacol Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$7.47, suggesting a potential upside of 52.38%. Petrus Resources has a consensus target price of C$1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.94%. Given Petrus Resources' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Canacol Energy is more favorable than Petrus Resources.
Canacol Energy pays an annual dividend of C$1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.2%. Petrus Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Canacol Energy pays out 30.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petrus Resources pays out 30.0% 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.
30.7% of Canacol Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Petrus Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 21.0% of Canacol Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 75.2% of Petrus Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Canacol Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Petrus Resources. Canacol Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Petrus Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Canacol Energy received 114 more outperform votes than Petrus Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.13% of users gave Canacol Energy an outperform vote while only 63.87% of users gave Petrus Resources an outperform vote.
Petrus Resources has a net margin of 46.82% compared to Petrus Resources' net margin of 27.31%. Petrus Resources' return on equity of 26.80% beat Canacol Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Canacol Energy and Canacol Energy both had 2 articles in the media. Canacol Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Petrus Resources' score of -0.73 indicating that Petrus Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Canacol Energy beats Petrus Resources on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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