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

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), New Era Helium (NEHC), and New Concept Energy (GBR). 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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.

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%

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

U.S. Energy currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 153.62%. Given U.S. Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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

3.0% of U.S. Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Barnwell Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 61.0% of U.S. Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of Barnwell Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
U.S. Energy$20.62M2.27-$25.78M-$0.70-1.97
Barnwell Industries$19.39M0.63-$5.57M-$0.62-1.95

In the previous week, U.S. Energy and U.S. Energy both had 1 articles in the media. U.S. Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Barnwell Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that U.S. Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

U.S. Energy beats Barnwell Industries on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BRN vs. The Competition

MetricBarnwell IndustriesCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.17M$1.23B$7.72B$20.58B
Dividend YieldN/A158.50%10.93%3.71%
P/E Ratio-1.785.2564.1727.82
Price / Sales0.636.2024,508.5455.32
Price / Cash38.436.8935.1617.94
Price / Book1.082.013.794.59
Net Income-$5.57M-$99.60M$4.23B$988.48M
7 Day Performance0.83%-0.74%1.36%1.00%
1 Month Performance-31.64%-11.20%1.04%5.31%
1 Year Performance-46.93%-20.51%9.38%10.38%

Barnwell Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRN
Barnwell Industries
0.3118 of 5 stars
$1.21
-0.8%
N/A-46.5%$12.17M$19.39M-1.7840
USEG
U.S. Energy
3.3047 of 5 stars
$1.33
-2.9%
$3.50
+163.2%
+23.6%$46.57M$20.62M-1.9020Positive News
INDO
Indonesia Energy
0.9911 of 5 stars
$2.91
-7.9%
N/A+14.3%$42.23M$2.67M0.0060
NINE
Nine Energy Service
0.5494 of 5 stars
$0.83
-1.4%
N/A-46.4%$35.67M$554.10M-0.781,077
KLXE
KLX Energy Services
2.0041 of 5 stars
$1.92
-1.5%
$4.50
+134.4%
-61.1%$34.23M$709.30M-0.551,726
BATL
Battalion Oil
0.8498 of 5 stars
$1.36
-3.5%
N/A-66.7%$22.38M$191.50M-1.7060Gap Up
RCON
Recon Technology
1.0106 of 5 stars
$2.57
+5.3%
N/A+61.6%$19.49M$9.48M0.00190Gap Up
MXC
Mexco Energy
2.2031 of 5 stars
$8.51
-5.4%
N/A-27.7%$17.41M$7.36M13.515
HUSA
Houston American Energy
0.5483 of 5 stars
$9.41
-0.1%
N/A+4.0%$14.76M$514.84K-29.412Gap Down
NEHC
New Era Helium
N/A$0.43
-0.6%
N/AN/A$6.19M$530K0.00N/AGap Up
GBR
New Concept Energy
N/A$1.10
-5.2%
N/A-40.6%$5.65M$148K-36.673

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