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USEG vs. GTE, NCSM, EPSN, TUSK, PROP, MVO, PVL, PED, VOC, and PRT

Should you be buying U.S. Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U.S. Energy include Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), NCS Multistage (NCSM), Epsilon Energy (EPSN), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), Prairie Operating (PROP), MV Oil Trust (MVO), Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL), PEDEVCO (PED), VOC Energy Trust (VOC), and PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

U.S. Energy vs. Its Competitors

Gran Tierra Energy (NYSE:GTE) and U.S. Energy (NASDAQ:USEG) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Gran Tierra Energy has a net margin of 7.17% compared to U.S. Energy's net margin of -174.90%. Gran Tierra Energy's return on equity of 11.36% beat U.S. Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gran Tierra Energy7.17% 11.36% 3.28%
U.S. Energy -174.90%-60.68%-33.31%

Gran Tierra Energy has higher revenue and earnings than U.S. Energy. Gran Tierra Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gran Tierra Energy$621.68M0.21-$6.29M-$1.90-1.95
U.S. Energy$20.62M2.07-$25.78M-$0.81-1.47

In the previous week, Gran Tierra Energy had 1 more articles in the media than U.S. Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Gran Tierra Energy and 2 mentions for U.S. Energy. Gran Tierra Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat U.S. Energy's score of 0.61 indicating that Gran Tierra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gran Tierra Energy
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
U.S. Energy
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

31.7% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of U.S. Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 61.0% of U.S. Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Gran Tierra Energy has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Energy has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

U.S. Energy has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 194.12%. Given U.S. Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe U.S. Energy is more favorable than Gran Tierra Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gran Tierra Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
U.S. Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Gran Tierra Energy beats U.S. Energy on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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USEG vs. The Competition

MetricU.S. EnergyOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$43.03M$7.41B$7.72B$10.68B
Dividend YieldN/A5.23%10.88%4.88%
P/E Ratio-1.479.7215.6927.22
Price / Sales2.078.551,430.73128.38
Price / CashN/A8.6836.6061.65
Price / Book1.751.584.406.59
Net Income-$25.78M$568.55M$4.26B$276.14M
7 Day Performance-2.46%-1.44%-1.70%-0.72%
1 Month Performance1.71%-3.35%-0.53%2.47%
1 Year Performance-23.23%2.51%14.28%33.90%

U.S. Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
USEG
U.S. Energy
3.2775 of 5 stars
$1.19
-0.8%
$3.50
+194.1%
-18.5%$43.03M$20.62M-1.4720
GTE
Gran Tierra Energy
1.8201 of 5 stars
$4.42
+4.0%
N/A-41.4%$155.99M$621.68M3.09340News Coverage
NCSM
NCS Multistage
1.6222 of 5 stars
$41.87
+0.2%
N/A+127.7%$106.18M$162.56M8.78220Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
EPSN
Epsilon Energy
4.4374 of 5 stars
$4.95
+3.6%
$8.40
+69.7%
-20.3%$105.44M$31.52M20.639Positive News
TUSK
Mammoth Energy Services
0.8485 of 5 stars
$2.24
+3.2%
N/A-50.3%$104.58M$187.93M-3.451,040
PROP
Prairie Operating
2.6435 of 5 stars
$1.86
+3.3%
$8.50
+357.0%
-79.2%$90.50M$88.85M-0.6219Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
MVO
MV Oil Trust
1.9786 of 5 stars
$5.86
+1.4%
N/A-43.7%$66.47M$18.58M4.65N/APositive News
PVL
Permianville Royalty Trust
1.8497 of 5 stars
$1.76
+0.9%
N/A+12.2%$57.42M$61.63M17.552,020Positive News
Dividend Increase
PED
PEDEVCO
3.0764 of 5 stars
$0.57
+0.8%
$1.50
+163.2%
-41.1%$52.43M$35.33M28.5110
VOC
VOC Energy Trust
N/A$2.94
-0.2%
N/A-43.3%$49.98M$13.62M5.062,020News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
PRT
PermRock Royalty Trust
1.6278 of 5 stars
$3.88
-1.8%
N/A-2.9%$48.06M$6.02M8.822,020News Coverage
Dividend Increase

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