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BRN vs. USEG, INDO, NINE, KLXE, BATL, RCON, MXC, HUSA, BPT, and NEHC

Should you be buying Barnwell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnwell Industries include U.S. Energy (USEG), Indonesia Energy (INDO), Nine Energy Service (NINE), KLX Energy Services (KLXE), Battalion Oil (BATL), Recon Technology (RCON), Mexco Energy (MXC), Houston American Energy (HUSA), BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT), and New Era Helium (NEHC). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Barnwell Industries vs. Its Competitors

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

Barnwell Industries has a net margin of -34.01% compared to U.S. Energy's net margin of -111.12%. U.S. Energy's return on equity of -43.67% beat Barnwell Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
U.S. Energy-111.12% -43.67% -23.49%
Barnwell Industries -34.01%-48.90%-22.57%

Barnwell Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than U.S. Energy. Barnwell Industries 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
U.S. Energy$20.62M2.11-$25.78M-$0.70-1.83
Barnwell Industries$19.39M0.61-$5.57M-$0.62-1.89

In the previous week, U.S. Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Barnwell Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for U.S. Energy and 0 mentions for Barnwell Industries. U.S. Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Barnwell Industries'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
U.S. Energy Neutral
Barnwell Industries Neutral

3.0% of U.S. Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Barnwell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 61.0% of U.S. Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of Barnwell Industries shares are owned by company 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.

U.S. Energy has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnwell Industries has a beta of -0.33, suggesting that its share price is 133% less volatile than the S&P 500.

U.S. Energy currently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 173.44%. Given U.S. Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe U.S. Energy is more favorable than Barnwell Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
U.S. Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Barnwell Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

U.S. Energy beats Barnwell Industries on 9 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BRN vs. The Competition

MetricBarnwell IndustriesCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.76M$1.31B$7.70B$20.83B
Dividend YieldN/A180.39%10.95%3.65%
P/E Ratio-1.725.2167.5127.57
Price / Sales0.616.2438,754.8759.35
Price / Cash38.437.0936.2122.27
Price / Book1.042.053.894.66
Net Income-$5.57M-$115.92M$4.25B$995.72M
7 Day Performance-4.10%-1.76%-0.11%-0.30%
1 Month Performance-18.18%-13.71%-0.12%4.90%
1 Year Performance-46.08%-20.08%12.66%11.14%

Barnwell Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRN
Barnwell Industries
0.2095 of 5 stars
$1.17
flat
N/A-46.8%$11.76M$19.39M-1.7240
USEG
U.S. Energy
2.2412 of 5 stars
$1.36
flat
$3.50
+157.4%
+21.9%$46.23M$20.62M-1.9420News Coverage
Positive News
INDO
Indonesia Energy
0.8607 of 5 stars
$2.89
-3.3%
N/A+15.9%$41.94M$2.67M0.0060
NINE
Nine Energy Service
0.2385 of 5 stars
$0.87
-2.9%
N/A-55.4%$36.63M$554.10M-0.821,077Gap Down
KLXE
KLX Energy Services
0.3005 of 5 stars
$1.71
-11.2%
$4.50
+163.2%
-71.4%$30.01M$709.30M-0.491,726High Trading Volume
BATL
Battalion Oil
0.7653 of 5 stars
$1.30
-2.3%
N/A-65.2%$21.39M$191.50M-1.6260Gap Up
RCON
Recon Technology
0.5962 of 5 stars
$2.57
+0.8%
N/A+60.3%$20.53M$65.67M0.00190News Coverage
Gap Up
MXC
Mexco Energy
N/A$8.45
-1.3%
N/A-35.9%$17.29M$7.36M13.415
HUSA
Houston American Energy
0.7157 of 5 stars
$10.72
-11.9%
N/A-8.4%$16.82M$514.84K-33.502Positive News
BPT
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust
0.0474 of 5 stars
$0.51
-0.8%
N/A-76.9%$10.91M$6.64M0.002,020Gap Down
NEHC
New Era Helium
N/A$0.46
+6.2%
N/AN/A$6.62M$530K0.00N/AGap Up

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