FEC vs. SDE, CR, SGY, OBE, VLE, KEC, GTE, PNE, CJ, and BNE
Should you be buying Frontera Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Frontera Energy include Spartan Delta (SDE), Crew Energy (CR), Surge Energy (SGY), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Valeura Energy (VLE), Kiwetinohk Energy (KEC), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Pine Cliff Energy (PNE), Cardinal Energy (CJ), and Bonterra Energy (BNE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Frontera Energy (TSE:FEC) and Spartan Delta (TSE:SDE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Frontera Energy has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spartan Delta has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Frontera Energy received 133 more outperform votes than Spartan Delta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.31% of users gave Frontera Energy an outperform vote while only 46.49% of users gave Spartan Delta an outperform vote.
57.3% of Frontera Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Spartan Delta shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Frontera Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Spartan Delta shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Frontera Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$13.33, suggesting a potential upside of 41.69%. Spartan Delta has a consensus target price of C$6.29, suggesting a potential upside of 51.84%. Given Spartan Delta's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Spartan Delta is more favorable than Frontera Energy.
Spartan Delta has a net margin of 111.86% compared to Frontera Energy's net margin of 16.85%. Spartan Delta's return on equity of 68.13% beat Frontera Energy's return on equity.
Spartan Delta has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Frontera Energy. Spartan Delta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontera Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Spartan Delta had 7 more articles in the media than Frontera Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Spartan Delta and 1 mentions for Frontera Energy. Frontera Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Spartan Delta's score of 0.15 indicating that Frontera Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Spartan Delta beats Frontera Energy on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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