Frontera Energy (FEC) Competitors

Frontera Energy (TSE:FEC) and Athabasca Oil (TSE:ATH) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility & risk, FEC or ATH?

Frontera Energy has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Athabasca Oil has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FEC or ATH?

Frontera Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$13.33, indicating a potential upside of 66.04%. Athabasca Oil has a consensus target price of C$6.14, indicating a potential upside of 21.88%. Given Frontera Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Frontera Energy is more favorable than Athabasca Oil.

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)	N/A
Athabasca Oil	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media prefer FEC or ATH?

In the previous week, Athabasca Oil had 4 more articles in the media than Frontera Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Athabasca Oil and 3 mentions for Frontera Energy. Frontera Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Athabasca Oil's score of -0.09 indicating that Frontera Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Frontera Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Athabasca Oil	0 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FEC or ATH?

Frontera Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Athabasca Oil. Frontera Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Athabasca Oil, 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$1.15B	0.59	C$113.27M	C$1.72	4.67
Athabasca Oil	C$1.31B	2.09	C$82.98M	C$0.15	33.60

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FEC or ATH?

58.3% of Frontera Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of Athabasca Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Frontera Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Athabasca Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FEC or ATH more profitable?

Frontera Energy has a net margin of 9.82% compared to Athabasca Oil's net margin of 6.32%. Frontera Energy's return on equity of 6.47% beat Athabasca Oil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Frontera Energy	9.82%	6.47%	3.95%
Athabasca Oil	6.32%	5.04%	9.71%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FEC or ATH?

Athabasca Oil received 215 more outperform votes than Frontera Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.31% of users gave Frontera Energy an outperform vote while only 56.08% of users gave Athabasca Oil an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Frontera Energy	Outperform Votes 186 58.31%	Underperform Votes 133 41.69%
Athabasca Oil	Outperform Votes 401 56.08%	Underperform Votes 314 43.92%

Summary

Athabasca Oil beats Frontera Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.