Tamboran Resources (TBN) Competitors

HighPeak Energy (NASDAQ:HPK) and Tamboran Resources (NYSE:TBN) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HPK or TBN?

HighPeak Energy received 5 more outperform votes than Tamboran Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.56% of users gave Tamboran Resources an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave HighPeak Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HighPeak Energy	Outperform Votes 10 38.46%	Underperform Votes 16 61.54%
Tamboran Resources	Outperform Votes 5 55.56%	Underperform Votes 4 44.44%

Is HPK or TBN more profitable?

HighPeak Energy has a net margin of 15.94% compared to Tamboran Resources' net margin of 0.00%. HighPeak Energy's return on equity of 14.83% beat Tamboran Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HighPeak Energy	15.94%	14.83%	7.60%
Tamboran Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HPK or TBN?

24.1% of HighPeak Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 77.5% of HighPeak Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Tamboran Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor HPK or TBN?

In the previous week, HighPeak Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Tamboran Resources. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for HighPeak Energy and 1 mentions for Tamboran Resources. Tamboran Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat HighPeak Energy's score of 1.16 indicating that Tamboran Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HighPeak Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tamboran Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HPK or TBN?

HighPeak Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Tamboran Resources.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HighPeak Energy	$1.07B	0.98	$215.87M	$0.67	12.42
Tamboran Resources	N/A	N/A	-$21.92M	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend HPK or TBN?

HighPeak Energy presently has a consensus target price of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.22%. Tamboran Resources has a consensus target price of $36.60, indicating a potential upside of 78.58%. Given Tamboran Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tamboran Resources is more favorable than HighPeak Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HighPeak Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Tamboran Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

HighPeak Energy beats Tamboran Resources on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.