GXE vs. PRQ, CNE, TXP, IPO, RBY, BNE, JOY, KEI, TNZ, and YGR
Should you be buying Gear Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gear Energy include Petrus Resources (PRQ), Canacol Energy (CNE), Touchstone Exploration (TXP), InPlay Oil (IPO), Rubellite Energy (RBY), Bonterra Energy (BNE), Journey Energy (JOY), Kolibri Global Energy (KEI), Tenaz Energy (TNZ), and Yangarra Resources (YGR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Gear Energy (TSE:GXE) and Petrus Resources (TSE:PRQ) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Gear Energy has a beta of 3.73, suggesting that its stock price is 273% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petrus Resources has a beta of 3.2, suggesting that its stock price is 220% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gear Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Petrus Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Gear Energy pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Petrus Resources pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petrus Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Petrus Resources has a net margin of 46.82% compared to Gear Energy's net margin of 7.00%. Petrus Resources' return on equity of 17.44% beat Gear Energy's return on equity.
Petrus Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gear Energy. Petrus Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gear Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
2.4% of Gear Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Petrus Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Gear Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 75.2% of Petrus Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Gear Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$1.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.45%. Petrus Resources has a consensus target price of C$1.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.94%. Given Gear Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gear Energy is more favorable than Petrus Resources.
Gear Energy received 33 more outperform votes than Petrus Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.02% of users gave Gear Energy an outperform vote while only 63.87% of users gave Petrus Resources an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gear Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Petrus Resources. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Gear Energy and 2 mentions for Petrus Resources. Petrus Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Gear Energy's score of 0.58 indicating that Petrus Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Gear Energy and Petrus Resources tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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