FRU vs. IPCO, PXT, HWX, NVA, AAV, VET, PEY, BIR, ATH, and KEL
Should you be buying Freehold Royalties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freehold Royalties include International Petroleum (IPCO), Parex Resources (PXT), Headwater Exploration (HWX), NuVista Energy (NVA), Advantage Energy (AAV), Vermilion Energy (VET), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Athabasca Oil (ATH), and Kelt Exploration (KEL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
International Petroleum (TSE:IPCO) and Freehold Royalties (TSE:FRU) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
17.1% of International Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.4% of Freehold Royalties shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.7% of International Petroleum shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Freehold Royalties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Freehold Royalties received 468 more outperform votes than International Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.82% of users gave Freehold Royalties an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave International Petroleum an outperform vote.
International Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Freehold Royalties. International Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freehold Royalties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
International Petroleum has a beta of 2.53, suggesting that its share price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freehold Royalties has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Freehold Royalties has a net margin of 41.93% compared to Freehold Royalties' net margin of 20.25%. Freehold Royalties' return on equity of 16.91% beat International Petroleum's return on equity.
In the previous week, International Petroleum and International Petroleum both had 3 articles in the media. International Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Freehold Royalties' score of 0.40 indicating that Freehold Royalties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
International Petroleum currently has a consensus target price of C$18.25, indicating a potential upside of 3.28%. Freehold Royalties has a consensus target price of C$17.75, indicating a potential upside of 24.30%. Given International Petroleum's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Freehold Royalties is more favorable than International Petroleum.
Summary
Freehold Royalties beats International Petroleum on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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