Birchcliff Energy (BIR) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend BIR or PSK?

Birchcliff Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$7.66, suggesting a potential upside of 30.21%. PrairieSky Royalty has a consensus target price of C$29.29, suggesting a potential upside of 16.58%. Given Birchcliff Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Birchcliff Energy is more favorable than PrairieSky Royalty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Birchcliff Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40
PrairieSky Royalty	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BIR or PSK?

PrairieSky Royalty has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Birchcliff Energy. Birchcliff Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PrairieSky Royalty, 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
Birchcliff Energy	C$688.27M	2.33	C$15.45M	C$0.28	21.00
PrairieSky Royalty	C$504.60M	11.72	C$214.83M	C$0.93	27.01

Which has more volatility & risk, BIR or PSK?

Birchcliff Energy has a beta of 0.135065, suggesting that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PrairieSky Royalty has a beta of 0.801986, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BIR or PSK?

In the previous week, PrairieSky Royalty had 2 more articles in the media than Birchcliff Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PrairieSky Royalty and 1 mentions for Birchcliff Energy. PrairieSky Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Birchcliff Energy's score of -0.01 indicating that PrairieSky Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Birchcliff Energy	Neutral
PrairieSky Royalty	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BIR or PSK?

17.7% of Birchcliff Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Birchcliff Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BIR or PSK more profitable?

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
Birchcliff Energy	2.04%	0.70%	1.82%
PrairieSky Royalty	42.28%	7.83%	5.99%

Is BIR or PSK a better dividend stock?

Birchcliff Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. PrairieSky Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Birchcliff Energy pays out 92.9% 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 pays out 109.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

PrairieSky Royalty beats Birchcliff Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.