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Birchcliff Energy (BIR) Competitors

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C$5.70 +0.07 (+1.24%)
As of 12:25 PM Eastern

BIR vs. PSK, SCR, ERF, MEG, WCP, PEY, NVA, ATH, POU, and BTE

Should you be buying Birchcliff Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Birchcliff Energy include PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Enerplus (ERF), MEG Energy (MEG), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), NuVista Energy (NVA), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Paramount Resources (POU), and Baytex Energy (BTE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Birchcliff Energy vs.

PrairieSky Royalty (TSE:PSK) and Birchcliff Energy (TSE:BIR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings and risk.

PrairieSky Royalty presently has a consensus target price of C$30.86, suggesting a potential upside of 33.00%. Birchcliff Energy has a consensus target price of C$7.09, suggesting a potential upside of 24.45%. Given PrairieSky Royalty's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PrairieSky Royalty is more favorable than Birchcliff Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PrairieSky Royalty
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Birchcliff Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.22

66.0% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.4% of Birchcliff Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Birchcliff Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

PrairieSky Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Birchcliff Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. PrairieSky Royalty pays out 110.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Birchcliff Energy pays out 700.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

PrairieSky Royalty has a net margin of 42.28% compared to Birchcliff Energy's net margin of 2.04%. PrairieSky Royalty's return on equity of 7.83% beat Birchcliff Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PrairieSky Royalty42.28% 7.83% 5.99%
Birchcliff Energy 2.04%0.70%1.82%

Birchcliff Energy received 127 more outperform votes than PrairieSky Royalty when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.08% of users gave PrairieSky Royalty an outperform vote while only 60.95% of users gave Birchcliff Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PrairieSky RoyaltyOutperform Votes
499
61.08%
Underperform Votes
318
38.92%
Birchcliff EnergyOutperform Votes
626
60.95%
Underperform Votes
401
39.05%

PrairieSky Royalty has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Birchcliff Energy has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Birchcliff Energy had 5 more articles in the media than PrairieSky Royalty. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Birchcliff Energy and 0 mentions for PrairieSky Royalty. PrairieSky Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Birchcliff Energy's score of 0.69 indicating that PrairieSky Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
PrairieSky Royalty Positive
Birchcliff Energy Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PrairieSky RoyaltyC$508.08M10.89C$214.83MC$0.9025.70
Birchcliff EnergyC$757.80M2.04C$15.45MC$0.0699.84

Summary

PrairieSky Royalty beats Birchcliff Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BIR vs. The Competition

MetricBirchcliff EnergyOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.55BC$1.26BC$7.05BC$5.68B
Dividend Yield6.78%8.28%10.94%6.84%
P/E Ratio99.84188.5047.3828.76
Price / Sales2.04101,749.7223,092.85573.96
Price / CashN/A90.9935.4483.20
Price / Book0.701.433.503.72
Net IncomeC$15.45MC$81.38MC$4.30BC$301.04M
7 Day Performance-5.79%-0.86%-0.55%0.44%
1 Month Performance-16.42%-8.23%-5.62%-0.04%
1 Year Performance4.20%21.78%162.36%14.19%

Birchcliff Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BIR
Birchcliff Energy
3.3133 of 5 stars
C$5.70
+1.2%
C$7.09
+24.5%
-0.5%C$1.55BC$757.80M99.84218
PSK
PrairieSky Royalty
3.7397 of 5 stars
C$23.85
+0.5%
C$30.86
+29.4%
-11.5%C$5.69BC$508.08M26.4265
SCR
Strathcona Resources
2.5765 of 5 stars
C$25.94
+2.7%
C$35.00
+34.9%
-22.6%C$5.55BC$2.46B14.96193
ERF
Enerplus
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$5.47BC$1.48B10.98404
MEG
MEG Energy
3.1711 of 5 stars
C$20.18
-1.4%
C$30.35
+50.4%
-38.2%C$5.23BC$5.39B10.69449Positive News
WCP
Whitecap Resources
3.5087 of 5 stars
C$8.28
+1.1%
C$13.06
+57.8%
-25.1%C$4.83BC$3.55B5.59542Dividend Announcement
PEY
Peyto Exploration & Development
1.6508 of 5 stars
C$17.76
+0.6%
C$19.22
+8.2%
+12.2%C$3.53BC$915.70M11.9753
NVA
NuVista Energy
N/AC$12.26
+0.5%
C$17.28
+41.0%
-5.5%C$2.51BC$1.22B8.5788
ATH
Athabasca Oil
2.3083 of 5 stars
C$4.73
-2.1%
C$6.33
+33.9%
-5.4%C$2.46BC$1.27B11.13170
POU
Paramount Resources
3.9198 of 5 stars
C$16.19
-0.4%
C$25.00
+54.4%
-49.8%C$2.41BC$1.93B6.63579News Coverage
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.3331 of 5 stars
C$2.29
flat
C$5.12
+123.5%
-58.2%C$1.81BC$3.33B-5.21220Positive News

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