BIR vs. PEY, FRU, HWX, ATH, IPCO, AAV, KEL, PXT, NVA, and CJ
Should you be buying Birchcliff Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Birchcliff Energy include Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Athabasca Oil (ATH), International Petroleum (IPCO), Advantage Energy (AAV), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Parex Resources (PXT), NuVista Energy (NVA), and Cardinal Energy (CJ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Peyto Exploration & Development (TSE:PEY) and Birchcliff Energy (TSE:BIR) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Peyto Exploration & Development pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Birchcliff Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Peyto Exploration & Development pays out 67.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Birchcliff Energy pays out 69.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Peyto Exploration & Development has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Birchcliff Energy has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Peyto Exploration & Development currently has a consensus price target of C$16.43, indicating a potential upside of 21.58%. Birchcliff Energy has a consensus price target of C$11.02, indicating a potential upside of 47.12%. Given Peyto Exploration & Development's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Birchcliff Energy is more favorable than Peyto Exploration & Development.
Birchcliff Energy received 40 more outperform votes than Peyto Exploration & Development when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.13% of users gave Peyto Exploration & Development an outperform vote while only 62.32% of users gave Birchcliff Energy an outperform vote.
30.7% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.8% of Birchcliff Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Birchcliff Energy 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.
Peyto Exploration & Development has higher revenue and earnings than Birchcliff Energy. Birchcliff Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peyto Exploration & Development, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Peyto Exploration & Development had 16 more articles in the media than Birchcliff Energy. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Peyto Exploration & Development and 1 mentions for Birchcliff Energy. Birchcliff Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Peyto Exploration & Development's score of 0.63 indicating that Peyto Exploration & Development is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Peyto Exploration & Development has a net margin of 27.63% compared to Peyto Exploration & Development's net margin of 27.12%. Birchcliff Energy's return on equity of 17.03% beat Peyto Exploration & Development's return on equity.
Summary
Peyto Exploration & Development beats Birchcliff Energy on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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