CR vs. FEC, SGY, SDE, OBE, VLE, KEC, CJ, GTE, PNE, and KEL
Should you be buying Crew Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crew Energy include Frontera Energy (FEC), Surge Energy (SGY), Spartan Delta (SDE), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Valeura Energy (VLE), Kiwetinohk Energy (KEC), Cardinal Energy (CJ), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Pine Cliff Energy (PNE), and Kelt Exploration (KEL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Crew Energy (TSE:CR) and Frontera Energy (TSE:FEC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
Crew Energy received 293 more outperform votes than Frontera Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.81% of users gave Crew Energy an outperform vote while only 58.31% of users gave Frontera Energy an outperform vote.
Crew Energy has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontera Energy has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
34.4% of Crew Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.3% of Frontera Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of Crew Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Frontera Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Crew Energy pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 31.7%. Frontera Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Crew Energy pays out 189.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Frontera Energy pays out 2.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Frontera Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Crew Energy. Frontera Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crew Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Crew Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$6.69, indicating a potential upside of 51.64%. Frontera Energy has a consensus price target of C$13.33, indicating a potential upside of 64.81%. Given Frontera Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Frontera Energy is more favorable than Crew Energy.
Crew Energy has a net margin of 38.98% compared to Frontera Energy's net margin of 16.85%. Frontera Energy's return on equity of 11.26% beat Crew Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Crew Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Frontera Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Crew Energy and 0 mentions for Frontera Energy. Crew Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Frontera Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Crew Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Crew Energy beats Frontera Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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