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$1.18 -0.02 (-1.67%)
Closing price 07/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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BRN vs. USEG, INDO, NINE, KLXE, BATL, RCON, MXC, HUSA, NEHC, and GBR

Should you be buying Barnwell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnwell Industries include U.S. Energy (USEG), Indonesia Energy (INDO), Nine Energy Service (NINE), KLX Energy Services (KLXE), Battalion Oil (BATL), Recon Technology (RCON), Mexco Energy (MXC), Houston American Energy (HUSA), New Era Helium (NEHC), and New Concept Energy (GBR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Barnwell Industries vs. Its Competitors

U.S. Energy (NASDAQ:USEG) and Barnwell Industries (NYSE:BRN) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

3.0% of U.S. Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Barnwell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 61.0% of U.S. Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of Barnwell Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Barnwell Industries has a net margin of -34.01% compared to U.S. Energy's net margin of -111.12%. U.S. Energy's return on equity of -43.67% beat Barnwell Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
U.S. Energy-111.12% -43.67% -23.49%
Barnwell Industries -34.01%-48.90%-22.57%

U.S. Energy presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 150.00%. Given U.S. Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe U.S. Energy is more favorable than Barnwell Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
U.S. Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Barnwell Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Barnwell Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than U.S. Energy. U.S. Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barnwell Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
U.S. Energy$20.62M2.31-$25.78M-$0.70-2.00
Barnwell Industries$19.39M0.61-$5.57M-$0.62-1.90

U.S. Energy has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnwell Industries has a beta of -0.33, indicating that its share price is 133% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Barnwell Industries had 1 more articles in the media than U.S. Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Barnwell Industries and 1 mentions for U.S. Energy. U.S. Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Barnwell Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that U.S. Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
U.S. Energy
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Barnwell Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

U.S. Energy beats Barnwell Industries on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BRN vs. The Competition

MetricBarnwell IndustriesCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.86M$1.22B$7.57B$20.52B
Dividend YieldN/A158.45%10.99%3.78%
P/E Ratio-1.745.2863.9427.79
Price / Sales0.616.2021,813.1640.41
Price / Cash38.436.8936.2522.26
Price / Book1.051.963.684.58
Net Income-$5.57M-$99.60M$4.21B$982.91M
7 Day Performance4.42%-1.15%0.78%0.41%
1 Month Performance-0.84%6.15%3.81%3.59%
1 Year Performance-47.09%-19.17%101.18%14.47%

Barnwell Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRN
Barnwell Industries
0.3672 of 5 stars
$1.18
-1.7%
N/A-50.2%$11.86M$19.39M-1.7440News Coverage
USEG
U.S. Energy
3.2847 of 5 stars
$1.33
-2.9%
$3.50
+163.2%
+23.9%$46.57M$20.62M-1.9020Gap Up
INDO
Indonesia Energy
0.5453 of 5 stars
$2.91
-7.9%
N/A+9.6%$42.23M$2.67M0.0060Trending News
Gap Down
NINE
Nine Energy Service
0.5756 of 5 stars
$0.83
-1.4%
N/A-44.1%$35.67M$554.10M-0.781,077
KLXE
KLX Energy Services
2.399 of 5 stars
$1.92
-1.5%
$4.50
+134.4%
-60.0%$34.23M$709.30M-0.551,726Gap Up
BATL
Battalion Oil
0.8928 of 5 stars
$1.36
-3.5%
N/A-62.2%$22.38M$191.50M-1.7060
RCON
Recon Technology
1.3807 of 5 stars
$2.57
+5.3%
N/A+52.6%$19.49M$9.48M0.00190Gap Down
MXC
Mexco Energy
1.4792 of 5 stars
$8.51
-5.4%
N/A-27.1%$17.41M$7.36M13.515
HUSA
Houston American Energy
0.2643 of 5 stars
$9.41
-0.1%
N/A-18.3%$14.76M$514.84K-29.412
NEHC
New Era Helium
N/A$0.43
-0.6%
N/AN/A$6.19M$530K0.00N/AGap Up
GBR
New Concept Energy
N/A$1.10
-5.2%
N/A-39.8%$5.65M$148K-36.673Gap Down

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