BTE vs. HPK, HP, PTEN, RIG, VAL, PDS, BORR, ARCH, AROC, and BTU
Should you be buying Baytex Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baytex Energy include HighPeak Energy (HPK), Helmerich & Payne (HP), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Transocean (RIG), Valaris (VAL), Precision Drilling (PDS), Borr Drilling (BORR), Arch Resources (ARCH), Archrock (AROC), and Peabody Energy (BTU). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Baytex Energy (NYSE:BTE) and HighPeak Energy (NASDAQ:HPK) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Baytex Energy received 482 more outperform votes than HighPeak Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.31% of users gave Baytex Energy an outperform vote while only 52.63% of users gave HighPeak Energy an outperform vote.
Baytex Energy has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HighPeak Energy has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, HighPeak Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Baytex Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for HighPeak Energy and 0 mentions for Baytex Energy. Baytex Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled HighPeak Energy'saverage media sentiment score.
Baytex Energy presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 109.97%. HighPeak Energy has a consensus price target of $22.10, suggesting a potential upside of 45.39%. Given Baytex Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than HighPeak Energy.
Baytex Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. HighPeak Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Baytex Energy pays out -70.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HighPeak Energy pays out 10.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Baytex Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
HighPeak Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Baytex Energy. Baytex Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HighPeak Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
46.2% of Baytex Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.1% of HighPeak Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Baytex Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 83.8% of HighPeak Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
HighPeak Energy has a net margin of 19.42% compared to Baytex Energy's net margin of -6.69%. HighPeak Energy's return on equity of 17.70% beat Baytex Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Baytex Energy beats HighPeak Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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