InPlay Oil (IPO) Competitors C$6.88 -0.08 (-1.15%) As of 05/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesBuy This Stock IPO vs. ATH, NVA, POU, BTE, FRU, BIR, AAV, IPCO, VET, and HWXShould you be buying InPlay Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of InPlay Oil include Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Advantage Energy (AAV), International Petroleum (IPCO), Vermilion Energy (VET), and Headwater Exploration (HWX). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry. InPlay Oil vs. Athabasca Oil NuVista Energy Paramount Resources Baytex Energy Freehold Royalties Birchcliff Energy Advantage Energy International Petroleum Vermilion Energy Headwater Exploration Athabasca Oil (TSE:ATH) and InPlay Oil (TSE:IPO) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings. Which has better earnings and valuation, ATH or IPO? Athabasca Oil has higher revenue and earnings than InPlay Oil. Athabasca Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InPlay Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAthabasca OilC$1.27B1.84C$221.88MC$0.4310.54InPlay OilC$144.95M4.26C$18.77MC$0.2132.85 Which has more risk and volatility, ATH or IPO? Athabasca Oil has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InPlay Oil has a beta of 2.37, meaning that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts rate ATH or IPO? Athabasca Oil currently has a consensus target price of C$6.33, suggesting a potential upside of 41.37%. InPlay Oil has a consensus target price of C$3.25, suggesting a potential downside of 52.76%. Given Athabasca Oil's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Athabasca Oil is more favorable than InPlay Oil.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Athabasca Oil 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00InPlay Oil 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 4.00 Does the media favor ATH or IPO? In the previous week, InPlay Oil had 5 more articles in the media than Athabasca Oil. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for InPlay Oil and 2 mentions for Athabasca Oil. InPlay Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Athabasca Oil's score of -0.09 indicating that InPlay Oil is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Athabasca Oil 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral InPlay Oil 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ATH or IPO? 17.4% of Athabasca Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of InPlay Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Athabasca Oil shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of InPlay Oil shares are held by company 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. Is ATH or IPO more profitable? Athabasca Oil has a net margin of 17.53% compared to InPlay Oil's net margin of 12.95%. Athabasca Oil's return on equity of 14.73% beat InPlay Oil's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Athabasca Oil17.53% 14.73% 9.71% InPlay Oil 12.95%6.41%4.44% Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ATH or IPO? Athabasca Oil received 246 more outperform votes than InPlay Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.73% of users gave InPlay Oil an outperform vote while only 55.76% of users gave Athabasca Oil an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAthabasca OilOutperform Votes40255.76% Underperform Votes31944.24% InPlay OilOutperform Votes15664.73% Underperform Votes8535.27% SummaryAthabasca Oil beats InPlay Oil on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get InPlay Oil News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for IPO and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart IPO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricInPlay OilOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE ExchangeMarket CapC$618.22MC$1.25BC$7.04BC$5.66BDividend Yield10.50%8.28%10.94%6.84%P/E Ratio32.85189.5347.5928.62Price / Sales4.26104,030.9823,608.33601.02Price / Cash1,190.0090.9935.4483.20Price / Book2.121.453.513.71Net IncomeC$18.77MC$81.38MC$4.29BC$301.04M7 Day Performance-7.28%-0.53%-0.46%0.03%1 Month Performance322.09%-8.29%-5.62%-0.73%1 Year Performance190.30%23.85%164.84%13.57% InPlay Oil Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)IPOInPlay Oil0.3562 of 5 starsC$6.88-1.1%C$3.25-52.8%+190.3%C$618.22MC$144.95M32.8525Analyst RevisionNews CoverageATHAthabasca Oil2.3011 of 5 starsC$4.80-3.6%C$6.25+30.2%-3.9%C$2.50BC$1.27B11.29170NVANuVista EnergyN/AC$12.04-2.7%C$17.28+43.5%-3.8%C$2.47BC$1.22B8.4288POUParamount Resources3.9179 of 5 starsC$16.39-3.0%C$25.00+52.5%-48.5%C$2.44BC$1.93B6.71579Dividend AnnouncementNews CoverageBTEBaytex Energy3.3298 of 5 starsC$2.33-3.7%C$5.33+128.7%-53.3%C$1.84BC$3.33B-5.30220Positive NewsFRUFreehold Royalties2.4631 of 5 starsC$11.67-0.8%C$16.04+37.4%-18.1%C$1.75BC$311.95M13.23N/ADividend AnnouncementBIRBirchcliff Energy3.3161 of 5 starsC$6.07-1.3%C$7.09+16.9%+4.8%C$1.65BC$757.80M106.32218AAVAdvantage Energy2.677 of 5 starsC$9.85-1.3%C$13.50+37.1%-6.9%C$1.63BC$505.16M35.8783Positive NewsIPCOInternational Petroleum1.0455 of 5 starsC$19.16-3.5%C$21.00+9.6%+10.5%C$1.61BC$621.26M16.22N/AVETVermilion Energy2.0075 of 5 starsC$8.83-2.1%C$16.75+89.7%-44.9%C$1.37BC$1.96B-1.66720HWXHeadwater Exploration3.0105 of 5 starsC$5.75-1.5%C$8.69+51.1%-23.8%C$1.36BC$518.46M7.3735Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ATH Alternatives NVA Alternatives POU Alternatives BTE Alternatives FRU Alternatives BIR Alternatives AAV Alternatives IPCO Alternatives VET Alternatives HWX Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (TSE:IPO) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe next market Nvidia is positioned to dominate …Robots — built by Nvidia. 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