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InPlay Oil (IPO) Competitors

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C$8.19 +0.14 (+1.74%)
As of 03:52 PM Eastern

IPO vs. NVA, POU, ATH, BTE, FRU, AAV, BIR, IPCO, HWX, and VET

Should you be buying InPlay Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of InPlay Oil include NuVista Energy (NVA), Paramount Resources (POU), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Baytex Energy (BTE), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Advantage Energy (AAV), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), International Petroleum (IPCO), Headwater Exploration (HWX), and Vermilion Energy (VET). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

InPlay Oil vs.

NuVista Energy (TSE:NVA) and InPlay Oil (TSE:IPO) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

NuVista Energy has a net margin of 24.21% compared to InPlay Oil's net margin of 12.95%. NuVista Energy's return on equity of 13.51% beat InPlay Oil's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NuVista Energy24.21% 13.51% 9.79%
InPlay Oil 12.95%6.41%4.44%

NuVista Energy received 618 more outperform votes than InPlay Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.21% of users gave NuVista Energy an outperform vote while only 64.73% of users gave InPlay Oil an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NuVista EnergyOutperform Votes
774
71.21%
Underperform Votes
313
28.79%
InPlay OilOutperform Votes
156
64.73%
Underperform Votes
85
35.27%

NuVista Energy has higher revenue and earnings than InPlay Oil. NuVista Energy 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 Ratio
NuVista EnergyC$1.22B2.31C$294.68MC$1.439.61
InPlay OilC$144.95M5.08C$18.77MC$0.2139.10

In the previous week, NuVista Energy had 10 more articles in the media than InPlay Oil. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for NuVista Energy and 1 mentions for InPlay Oil. InPlay Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat NuVista Energy's score of -0.75 indicating that InPlay Oil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NuVista Energy
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative
InPlay Oil
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

30.0% of NuVista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of InPlay Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of NuVista Energy 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

NuVista Energy has a beta of 2.57, suggesting that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InPlay Oil has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500.

NuVista Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$17.28, indicating a potential upside of 25.68%. InPlay Oil has a consensus target price of C$3.25, indicating a potential downside of 60.32%. Given NuVista Energy's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe NuVista Energy is more favorable than InPlay Oil.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NuVista Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
InPlay Oil
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

Summary

NuVista Energy beats InPlay Oil on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IPO vs. The Competition

MetricInPlay OilOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$735.93MC$1.35BC$7.27BC$5.96B
Dividend Yield10.50%8.34%10.96%6.33%
P/E Ratio39.10217.1753.9230.02
Price / Sales5.08108,552.6524,452.81833.97
Price / Cash1,190.0091.6135.5083.71
Price / Book2.531.543.544.00
Net IncomeC$18.77MC$81.99MC$4.30BC$301.69M
7 Day Performance1.74%0.27%-0.96%1.01%
1 Month Performance7.20%5.43%6.41%7.72%
1 Year Performance259.21%25.73%178.30%16.27%

InPlay Oil Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IPO
InPlay Oil
0.1677 of 5 stars
C$8.19
+1.7%
C$3.25
-60.3%
+247.0%C$735.93MC$144.95M39.1025Dividend Increase
NVA
NuVista Energy
3.7201 of 5 stars
C$13.28
+6.2%
C$17.28
+30.1%
+7.7%C$2.72BC$1.22B9.2988News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
POU
Paramount Resources
3.6876 of 5 stars
C$17.11
+3.7%
C$23.00
+34.4%
-40.7%C$2.55BC$1.93B7.01579News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
ATH
Athabasca Oil
1.2939 of 5 stars
C$4.86
+2.7%
C$6.33
+30.3%
+6.5%C$2.53BC$1.27B11.44170
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.5735 of 5 stars
C$2.47
+7.9%
C$4.68
+89.5%
-51.8%C$1.95BC$3.33B-5.62220News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
FRU
Freehold Royalties
3.0425 of 5 stars
C$12.00
+1.8%
C$15.71
+30.9%
-9.4%C$1.80BC$311.95M13.60N/APositive News
Analyst Forecast
AAV
Advantage Energy
3.3989 of 5 stars
C$10.77
+2.5%
C$13.63
+26.5%
-2.2%C$1.79BC$505.16M39.2283Gap Up
BIR
Birchcliff Energy
2.6406 of 5 stars
C$6.40
+2.9%
C$7.09
+10.8%
+10.7%C$1.74BC$757.80M112.10218News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IPCO
International Petroleum
N/AC$20.08
+4.9%
C$21.00
+4.6%
+3.7%C$1.69BC$621.26M16.99N/AGap Up
HWX
Headwater Exploration
3.3061 of 5 stars
C$6.18
+2.5%
C$8.17
+32.1%
-15.8%C$1.46BC$518.46M7.9235Gap Up
VET
Vermilion Energy
1.9566 of 5 stars
C$9.32
+4.3%
C$15.17
+62.7%
-47.3%C$1.44BC$1.96B-1.75720Gap Up

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