Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common (HAL) Competitors

Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common (TSE:HAL) and Obsidian Energy (TSE:OBE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HAL or OBE?

27.4% of Obsidian Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Obsidian Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate HAL or OBE?

Obsidian Energy has a consensus target price of C$10.67, suggesting a potential upside of 61.37%. Given Obsidian Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Obsidian Energy is more favorable than Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Obsidian Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is HAL or OBE a better dividend stock?

Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common pays an annual dividend of C$0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Obsidian Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Obsidian Energy pays out 2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to HAL or OBE?

In the previous week, Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Obsidian Energy'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common	Neutral
Obsidian Energy	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HAL or OBE?

Obsidian Energy received 17 more outperform votes than Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.03% of users gave Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave Obsidian Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common	Outperform Votes 188 81.03%	Underperform Votes 44 18.97%
Obsidian Energy	Outperform Votes 205 57.58%	Underperform Votes 151 42.42%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, HAL or OBE?

Obsidian Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Obsidian Energy	C$716.89M	0.70	C$116.66M	C$1.53	4.31

Is HAL or OBE more profitable?

Obsidian Energy has a net margin of 16.27% compared to Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common's net margin of 0.00%. Obsidian Energy's return on equity of 6.99% beat Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common	N/A	N/A	N/A
Obsidian Energy	16.27%	6.99%	4.88%

Summary

Obsidian Energy beats Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.