PEDEVCO (PED) Competitors

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

Is PED or GTE more profitable?

Gran Tierra Energy has a net margin of 7.17% compared to PEDEVCO's net margin of 6.57%. Gran Tierra Energy's return on equity of 11.36% beat PEDEVCO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PEDEVCO	6.57%	1.58%	1.39%
Gran Tierra Energy	7.17%	11.36%	3.28%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PED or GTE?

Gran Tierra Energy received 1 more outperform votes than PEDEVCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Gran Tierra Energy an outperform vote while only 6.17% of users gave PEDEVCO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PEDEVCO	Outperform Votes 5 6.17%	Underperform Votes 76 93.83%
Gran Tierra Energy	Outperform Votes 6 66.67%	Underperform Votes 3 33.33%

Does the media refer more to PED or GTE?

In the previous week, Gran Tierra Energy had 1 more articles in the media than PEDEVCO. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gran Tierra Energy and 4 mentions for PEDEVCO. Gran Tierra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.97 beat PEDEVCO's score of -0.43 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
PEDEVCO	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Gran Tierra Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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

3.3% of PEDEVCO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.7% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 70.6% of PEDEVCO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PED or GTE?

PEDEVCO has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gran Tierra Energy. Gran Tierra Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PEDEVCO, 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
PEDEVCO	$40.17M	1.59	$260K	$0.19	3.68
Gran Tierra Energy	$634.81M	0.28	-$6.29M	-$0.38	-13.45

Which has more risk and volatility, PED or GTE?

PEDEVCO has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gran Tierra Energy has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate PED or GTE?

PEDEVCO presently has a consensus target price of $1.63, indicating a potential upside of 132.14%. Given PEDEVCO's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe PEDEVCO is more favorable than Gran Tierra Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PEDEVCO	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Gran Tierra Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Gran Tierra Energy beats PEDEVCO on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.