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InPlay Oil (IPO) Competitors

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C$11.50 +0.14 (+1.23%)
As of 10/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

IPO vs. KEL, CJ, CR, SDE, KEC, TNZ, VLE, SNM, SGY, and OBE

Should you be buying InPlay Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of InPlay Oil include Kelt Exploration (KEL), Cardinal Energy (CJ), Crew Energy (CR), Spartan Delta (SDE), Kiwetinohk Energy (KEC), Tenaz Energy (TNZ), Valeura Energy (VLE), ShaMaran Petroleum (SNM), Surge Energy (SGY), and Obsidian Energy (OBE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

InPlay Oil vs. Its Competitors

InPlay Oil (TSE:IPO) and Kelt Exploration (TSE:KEL) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.

InPlay Oil has a beta of 0.84746, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kelt Exploration has a beta of -0.346559, suggesting that its share price is 135% less volatile than the S&P 500.

0.7% of InPlay Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of Kelt Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 25.3% of InPlay Oil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Kelt Exploration shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Kelt Exploration has higher revenue and earnings than InPlay Oil. InPlay Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kelt Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
InPlay OilC$204.83M1.56C$18.77M-C$0.15-76.67
Kelt ExplorationC$491.87M2.51C$55.90MC$0.3716.78

InPlay Oil currently has a consensus target price of C$12.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.70%. Kelt Exploration has a consensus target price of C$9.88, indicating a potential upside of 59.02%. Given Kelt Exploration's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kelt Exploration is more favorable than InPlay Oil.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
InPlay Oil
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Kelt Exploration
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Kelt Exploration has a net margin of 13.12% compared to InPlay Oil's net margin of 12.95%. InPlay Oil's return on equity of 6.41% beat Kelt Exploration's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
InPlay Oil12.95% 6.41% 4.44%
Kelt Exploration 13.12%5.40%4.72%

In the previous week, InPlay Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Kelt Exploration'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
InPlay Oil Neutral
Kelt Exploration Neutral

Summary

Kelt Exploration beats InPlay Oil on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IPO vs. The Competition

MetricInPlay OilOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$331.17MC$1.43BC$7.86BC$9.82B
Dividend Yield9.07%8.04%10.87%6.50%
P/E Ratio-76.67260.1473.4929.25
Price / Sales1.564,759.431,522.3111.33
Price / Cash1,190.0086.0436.5583.29
Price / Book3.551.764.695.70
Net IncomeC$18.77MC$82.71MC$4.28BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-7.41%-1.10%-0.23%0.14%
1 Month Performance-5.58%1.68%0.63%3.11%
1 Year Performance472.14%21.28%14.01%34.90%

InPlay Oil Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IPO
InPlay Oil
1.3047 of 5 stars
C$11.50
+1.2%
C$12.50
+8.7%
+472.1%C$331.17MC$204.83M-76.6725Dividend Announcement
KEL
Kelt Exploration
N/AC$7.07
+1.7%
C$9.88
+39.7%
-1.1%C$1.41BC$491.87M19.1130,000
CJ
Cardinal Energy
2.5085 of 5 stars
C$8.18
+1.2%
C$7.67
-6.3%
+18.1%C$1.31BC$578.20M14.87180News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
CR
Crew Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.16BC$304.96M17.2111,000High Trading Volume
SDE
Spartan Delta
2.6831 of 5 stars
C$5.44
-0.5%
C$5.75
+5.7%
+53.2%C$1.09BC$328.16M28.63121Analyst Forecast
KEC
Kiwetinohk Energy
0.7905 of 5 stars
C$22.16
-1.4%
C$22.00
-0.7%
+51.7%C$971.89MC$592.43M7.5982
TNZ
Tenaz Energy
N/AC$27.06
+1.2%
C$24.75
-8.5%
+178.3%C$767.58MC$108.91M5.1215High Trading Volume
VLE
Valeura Energy
N/AC$7.18
-0.6%
N/A+47.0%C$762.71MC$642.77M3.40196
SNM
ShaMaran Petroleum
N/AC$0.26
-3.7%
N/A+228.6%C$745.95MC$135.44M8.673,530Gap Down
SGY
Surge Energy
3.9886 of 5 stars
C$7.34
-0.5%
C$9.05
+23.3%
+9.2%C$727.34MC$635.20M13.3593Dividend Announcement
OBE
Obsidian Energy
2.9256 of 5 stars
C$9.52
+1.1%
C$10.83
+13.8%
+0.7%C$638.79MC$795.70M-3.31190Positive News

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This page (TSE:IPO) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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