PEDEVCO (PED) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PED or GTE?

Gran Tierra Energy received 1 more outperform votes than PEDEVCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.50% of users gave Gran Tierra Energy an outperform vote while only 5.19% of users gave PEDEVCO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PEDEVCO	Outperform Votes 4 5.19%	Underperform Votes 73 94.81%
Gran Tierra Energy	Outperform Votes 5 62.50%	Underperform Votes 3 37.50%

Which has more volatility and risk, PED or GTE?

PEDEVCO has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gran Tierra Energy has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PED or GTE?

PEDEVCO has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gran Tierra Energy. PEDEVCO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gran Tierra Energy, 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	$39.55M	1.27	$260K	$0.20	2.75
Gran Tierra Energy	$621.85M	0.25	-$6.29M	$0.16	27.00

Do analysts recommend PED or GTE?

PEDEVCO currently has a consensus target price of $1.63, indicating a potential upside of 195.40%. Given PEDEVCO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PED or GTE?

3.3% of PEDEVCO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.7% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.6% of PEDEVCO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 media prefer PED or GTE?

In the previous week, Gran Tierra Energy had 2 more articles in the media than PEDEVCO. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Gran Tierra Energy and 1 mentions for PEDEVCO. Gran Tierra Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat PEDEVCO's score of 0.00 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Gran Tierra Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Gran Tierra Energy beats PEDEVCO on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.