Battalion Oil (BATL) Competitors

PEDEVCO (NYSE:PED) and Battalion Oil (NYSE:BATL) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and community ranking.

Do analysts prefer PED or BATL?

Battalion Oil has a consensus price target of $18.60, indicating a potential upside of 264.35%. Given PEDEVCO's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Battalion Oil is more favorable than PEDEVCO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PEDEVCO	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Battalion Oil	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PED or BATL?

Battalion Oil has higher revenue and earnings than PEDEVCO. Battalion Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PEDEVCO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PEDEVCO	$29.97M	2.30	$2.84M	$0.03	26.31
Battalion Oil	$250.32M	0.34	$18.54M	-$3.04	-1.68

Is PED or BATL more profitable?

PEDEVCO has a net margin of 10.97% compared to PEDEVCO's net margin of -17.33%. Battalion Oil's return on equity of 3.56% beat PEDEVCO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PEDEVCO	10.97%	3.56%	3.20%
Battalion Oil	-17.33%	-20.89%	-3.75%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PED or BATL?

Battalion Oil received 1 more outperform votes than PEDEVCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 16.67% of users gave Battalion Oil an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave PEDEVCO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PEDEVCO	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 9 100.00%
Battalion Oil	Outperform Votes 1 16.67%	Underperform Votes 5 83.33%

Which has more risk & volatility, PED or BATL?

PEDEVCO has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Battalion Oil has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PED or BATL?

3.0% of PEDEVCO shares are owned by institutional investors. 71.1% of PEDEVCO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.5% of Battalion Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor PED or BATL?

In the previous week, PEDEVCO had 2 more articles in the media than Battalion Oil. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PEDEVCO and 0 mentions for Battalion Oil. Battalion Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled PEDEVCO'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
PEDEVCO	Neutral
Battalion Oil	Neutral

Summary

PEDEVCO beats Battalion Oil on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.