IPO vs. JOY, BNE, GXE, TXP, RBY, KEI, PRQ, CNE, YGR, and TNZ
Should you be buying InPlay Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of InPlay Oil include Journey Energy (JOY), Bonterra Energy (BNE), Gear Energy (GXE), Touchstone Exploration (TXP), Rubellite Energy (RBY), Kolibri Global Energy (KEI), Petrus Resources (PRQ), Canacol Energy (CNE), Yangarra Resources (YGR), and Tenaz Energy (TNZ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
InPlay Oil (TSE:IPO) and Journey Energy (TSE:JOY) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
InPlay Oil has a beta of 2.51, suggesting that its stock price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Journey Energy has a beta of 3.63, suggesting that its stock price is 263% more volatile than the S&P 500.
InPlay Oil has a net margin of 20.85% compared to Journey Energy's net margin of 8.46%. InPlay Oil's return on equity of 11.53% beat Journey Energy's return on equity.
InPlay Oil received 21 more outperform votes than Journey Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.40% of users gave InPlay Oil an outperform vote while only 56.30% of users gave Journey Energy an outperform vote.
InPlay Oil has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Journey Energy. InPlay Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Journey Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Journey Energy had 5 more articles in the media than InPlay Oil. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Journey Energy and 1 mentions for InPlay Oil. Journey Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat InPlay Oil's score of 0.00 indicating that Journey Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
InPlay Oil presently has a consensus target price of C$4.38, indicating a potential upside of 81.54%. Journey Energy has a consensus target price of C$6.63, indicating a potential upside of 86.33%. Given Journey Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Journey Energy is more favorable than InPlay Oil.
InPlay Oil pays an annual dividend of C$0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Journey Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. InPlay Oil pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Journey Energy pays out 125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
1.7% of InPlay Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.8% of Journey Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.8% of InPlay Oil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Journey Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
InPlay Oil beats Journey Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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