Frontera Energy (FEC) Competitors

Frontera Energy (TSE:FEC) and Crew Energy (TSE:CR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Do analysts rate FEC or CR?

Crew Energy has a consensus target price of C$7.48, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Crew Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Crew Energy is more favorable than Frontera Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Frontera Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Crew Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is FEC or CR more profitable?

Crew Energy has a net margin of 22.52% compared to Frontera Energy's net margin of 8.57%. Frontera Energy's return on equity of 5.40% beat Crew Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Frontera Energy	8.57%	5.40%	3.95%
Crew Energy	22.52%	5.29%	3.90%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FEC or CR?

Crew Energy received 295 more outperform votes than Frontera Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.27% of users gave Crew Energy an outperform vote while only 58.31% of users gave Frontera Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Frontera Energy	Outperform Votes 186 58.31%	Underperform Votes 133 41.69%
Crew Energy	Outperform Votes 481 61.27%	Underperform Votes 304 38.73%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, FEC or CR?

Crew Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Frontera Energy. Crew Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontera Energy, 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
Frontera Energy	C$743.89M	0.35	C$63.72M	C$1.59	2.88
Crew Energy	C$304.96M	0.00	C$68.69M	C$0.43	N/A

Is FEC or CR a better dividend stock?

Frontera Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Crew Energy pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share. Frontera Energy pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crew Energy pays out 325.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Frontera Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, FEC or CR?

Frontera Energy has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crew Energy has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FEC or CR?

In the previous week, Crew Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Frontera Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Crew Energy and 1 mentions for Frontera Energy. Crew Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Frontera Energy's score of 0.80 indicating that Crew Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Frontera Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crew Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FEC or CR?

58.2% of Frontera Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of Crew Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Frontera Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Crew Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Crew Energy beats Frontera Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.