HWX vs. IPCO, AAV, KEL, FRU, ATH, PEY, BIR, CJ, CR, and FEC
Should you be buying Headwater Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Headwater Exploration include International Petroleum (IPCO), Advantage Energy (AAV), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Cardinal Energy (CJ), Crew Energy (CR), and Frontera Energy (FEC). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Headwater Exploration vs.
Headwater Exploration (TSE:HWX) and International Petroleum (TSE:IPCO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Headwater Exploration has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Petroleum has a beta of 2.72, meaning that its share price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Headwater Exploration currently has a consensus target price of C$9.21, suggesting a potential upside of 30.99%. International Petroleum has a consensus target price of C$17.13, suggesting a potential upside of 35.06%. Given International Petroleum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe International Petroleum is more favorable than Headwater Exploration.
In the previous week, Headwater Exploration had 2 more articles in the media than International Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Headwater Exploration and 1 mentions for International Petroleum. International Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Headwater Exploration's score of -0.07 indicating that International Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
International Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Headwater Exploration. International Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Headwater Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
37.9% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of International Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 26.0% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.5% of International Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Headwater Exploration has a net margin of 37.34% compared to International Petroleum's net margin of 23.28%. Headwater Exploration's return on equity of 25.15% beat International Petroleum's return on equity.
International Petroleum received 63 more outperform votes than Headwater Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.69% of users gave Headwater Exploration an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave International Petroleum an outperform vote.
Summary
International Petroleum beats Headwater Exploration on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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