IPO vs. PEY, ATH, POU, NVA, BTE, IPCO, FRU, AAV, BIR, and HWX
Should you be buying InPlay Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of InPlay Oil include Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Paramount Resources (POU), NuVista Energy (NVA), Baytex Energy (BTE), International Petroleum (IPCO), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Advantage Energy (AAV), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), and Headwater Exploration (HWX). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
InPlay Oil vs. Its Competitors
InPlay Oil (TSE:IPO) and Peyto Exploration & Development (TSE:PEY) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and risk.
Peyto Exploration & Development has a net margin of 32.08% compared to InPlay Oil's net margin of 12.95%. Peyto Exploration & Development's return on equity of 10.72% beat InPlay Oil's return on equity.
InPlay Oil pays an annual dividend of C$0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Peyto Exploration & Development pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. InPlay Oil pays out 85.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Peyto Exploration & Development pays out 89.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, InPlay Oil had 11 more articles in the media than Peyto Exploration & Development. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for InPlay Oil and 3 mentions for Peyto Exploration & Development. Peyto Exploration & Development's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat InPlay Oil's score of 0.42 indicating that Peyto Exploration & Development is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
1.5% of InPlay Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.9% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by institutional investors. 25.3% of InPlay Oil shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Peyto Exploration & Development 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.
InPlay Oil currently has a consensus price target of C$11.33, suggesting a potential upside of 1.92%. Peyto Exploration & Development has a consensus price target of C$20.92, suggesting a potential upside of 11.44%. Given Peyto Exploration & Development's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Peyto Exploration & Development is more favorable than InPlay Oil.
InPlay Oil has a beta of 2.37, indicating that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peyto Exploration & Development has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Peyto Exploration & Development has higher revenue and earnings than InPlay Oil. Peyto Exploration & Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InPlay Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Peyto Exploration & Development beats InPlay Oil on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:IPO) was last updated on 8/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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