Gran Tierra Energy (GTE) Competitors

Granite Ridge Resources (NYSE:GRNT) and Gran Tierra Energy (NYSE:GTE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GRNT or GTE?

Granite Ridge Resources and Gran Tierra Energy both received 5 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Gran Tierra Energy an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Granite Ridge Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Granite Ridge Resources	Outperform Votes 5 55.56%	Underperform Votes 4 44.44%
Gran Tierra Energy	Outperform Votes 5 62.50%	Underperform Votes 3 37.50%

Which has better valuation & earnings, GRNT or GTE?

Granite Ridge Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gran Tierra Energy. Gran Tierra Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Ridge Resources, 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
Granite Ridge Resources	$380.03M	1.76	$81.10M	$0.14	36.36
Gran Tierra Energy	$621.85M	0.25	-$6.29M	$0.16	27.19

Which has more volatility and risk, GRNT or GTE?

Granite Ridge Resources has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gran Tierra Energy has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GRNT or GTE?

31.6% of Granite Ridge Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.7% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Granite Ridge Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is GRNT or GTE more profitable?

Granite Ridge Resources has a net margin of 12.59% compared to Gran Tierra Energy's net margin of 7.17%. Granite Ridge Resources' return on equity of 11.58% beat Gran Tierra Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Granite Ridge Resources	12.59%	11.58%	7.89%
Gran Tierra Energy	7.17%	11.36%	3.28%

Do analysts recommend GRNT or GTE?

Granite Ridge Resources currently has a consensus price target of $7.70, suggesting a potential upside of 51.28%. Given Granite Ridge Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Granite Ridge Resources is more favorable than Gran Tierra Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Granite Ridge Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Gran Tierra Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer GRNT or GTE?

In the previous week, Granite Ridge Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Gran Tierra Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Granite Ridge Resources and 5 mentions for Gran Tierra Energy. Gran Tierra Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Granite Ridge Resources' score of 0.95 indicating that Gran Tierra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Granite Ridge Resources	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gran Tierra Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Granite Ridge Resources beats Gran Tierra Energy on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.