OBE vs. REPX, BRY, TTI, VTS, TXO, EGY, GPRK, DEC, SD, and GRNT
Should you be buying Obsidian Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Obsidian Energy include Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), Berry (BRY), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Vitesse Energy (VTS), TXO Partners (TXO), VAALCO Energy (EGY), GeoPark (GPRK), Diversified Energy (DEC), SandRidge Energy (SD), and Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Riley Exploration Permian (NYSE:REPX) and Obsidian Energy (NYSE:OBE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
58.9% of Riley Exploration Permian shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of Obsidian Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Riley Exploration Permian shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Obsidian Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Riley Exploration Permian has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Obsidian Energy has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Riley Exploration Permian presently has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 51.61%. Obsidian Energy has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 52.07%. Given Riley Exploration Permian's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Obsidian Energy is more favorable than Riley Exploration Permian.
In the previous week, Riley Exploration Permian had 1 more articles in the media than Obsidian Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Riley Exploration Permian and 0 mentions for Obsidian Energy. Obsidian Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Riley Exploration Permian's score of 0.00 indicating that Riley Exploration Permian is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Riley Exploration Permian has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Obsidian Energy. Riley Exploration Permian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Obsidian Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Riley Exploration Permian has a net margin of 29.75% compared to Riley Exploration Permian's net margin of 14.97%. Obsidian Energy's return on equity of 25.08% beat Riley Exploration Permian's return on equity.
Obsidian Energy received 195 more outperform votes than Riley Exploration Permian when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave Riley Exploration Permian an outperform vote while only 39.96% of users gave Obsidian Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Riley Exploration Permian beats Obsidian Energy on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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