AAV vs. BIR, HWX, KEL, FRU, CJ, IPCO, OBE, PXT, SGY, and NVA
Should you be buying Advantage Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advantage Energy include Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Cardinal Energy (CJ), International Petroleum (IPCO), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Parex Resources (PXT), Surge Energy (SGY), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Advantage Energy (TSE:AAV) and Birchcliff Energy (TSE:BIR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
43.6% of Advantage Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of Birchcliff Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Advantage Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Birchcliff Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Advantage Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Birchcliff Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Advantage Energy and 3 mentions for Birchcliff Energy. Birchcliff Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Advantage Energy's score of 0.69 indicating that Birchcliff Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Advantage Energy has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Birchcliff Energy has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Advantage Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Birchcliff Energy. Advantage Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Birchcliff Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Advantage Energy has a net margin of 19.94% compared to Birchcliff Energy's net margin of 1.40%. Advantage Energy's return on equity of 6.43% beat Birchcliff Energy's return on equity.
Advantage Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$12.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.54%. Birchcliff Energy has a consensus target price of C$6.36, indicating a potential upside of 11.79%. Given Advantage Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Advantage Energy is more favorable than Birchcliff Energy.
Birchcliff Energy received 197 more outperform votes than Advantage Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.88% of users gave Advantage Energy an outperform vote while only 61.32% of users gave Birchcliff Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Advantage Energy beats Birchcliff Energy on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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