BRN vs. MXC, USEG, HUSA, INDO, GBR, PRT, PVL, BATL, PED, and ICD
Should you be buying Barnwell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnwell Industries include Mexco Energy (MXC), U.S. Energy (USEG), Houston American Energy (HUSA), Indonesia Energy (INDO), New Concept Energy (GBR), PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT), Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL), Battalion Oil (BATL), PEDEVCO (PED), and Independence Contract Drilling (ICD). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Barnwell Industries (NYSE:BRN) and Mexco Energy (NYSE:MXC) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
Mexco Energy has a net margin of 28.37% compared to Barnwell Industries' net margin of -11.35%. Mexco Energy's return on equity of 11.61% beat Barnwell Industries' return on equity.
Barnwell Industries has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mexco Energy has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Barnwell Industries and Mexco Energy both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
40.7% of Barnwell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of Mexco Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of Barnwell Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.0% of Mexco Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mexco Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Barnwell Industries. Barnwell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mexco Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Barnwell Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Mexco Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Barnwell Industries and 2 mentions for Mexco Energy. Barnwell Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Mexco Energy's score of 0.80 indicating that Barnwell Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Mexco Energy beats Barnwell Industries on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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