IPO vs. NVA, POU, ATH, BTE, AAV, FRU, BIR, IPCO, VET, and HWX
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), Advantage Energy (AAV), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), 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. Its Competitors
NuVista Energy (TSE:NVA) and InPlay Oil (TSE:IPO) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
30.0% of NuVista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of InPlay Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of NuVista Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of InPlay Oil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, NuVista Energy had 7 more articles in the media than InPlay Oil. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for NuVista Energy and 6 mentions for InPlay Oil. InPlay Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat NuVista Energy's score of 0.20 indicating that InPlay Oil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NuVista Energy has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InPlay Oil has a beta of 2.37, indicating that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NuVista Energy received 617 more outperform votes than InPlay Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.21% of users gave NuVista Energy an outperform vote while only 64.88% of users gave InPlay Oil an outperform vote.
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.
NuVista Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$17.28, suggesting a potential upside of 11.93%. InPlay Oil has a consensus target price of C$6.50, suggesting a potential downside of 36.27%. Given NuVista Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NuVista Energy is more favorable than InPlay Oil.
Summary
NuVista Energy beats InPlay Oil on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (TSE:IPO) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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