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.
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.
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.
In the previous week, InPlay Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Kelt Exploration'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Kelt Exploration beats InPlay Oil on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:IPO) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff