Mega Uranium (MGA) Competitors

Mega Uranium (TSE:MGA) and Alvopetro Energy (CVE:ALV) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, MGA or ALV?

Alvopetro Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Mega Uranium. Mega Uranium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alvopetro Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mega Uranium	N/A	N/A	-C$6.28M	-C$0.02	-15.60
Alvopetro Energy	C$32.74M	4.64	C$9.51M	C$0.54	11.10

Which has more volatility & risk, MGA or ALV?

Mega Uranium has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alvopetro Energy has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer MGA or ALV?

In the previous week, Alvopetro Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Mega Uranium. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Alvopetro Energy and 1 mentions for Mega Uranium. Mega Uranium's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Alvopetro Energy's score of 0.24 indicating that Mega Uranium is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mega Uranium	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alvopetro Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is MGA or ALV more profitable?

Alvopetro Energy has a net margin of 29.06% compared to Mega Uranium's net margin of 0.00%. Alvopetro Energy's return on equity of 16.98% beat Mega Uranium's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mega Uranium	N/A	-3.14%	-1.37%
Alvopetro Energy	29.06%	16.98%	11.51%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MGA or ALV?

Mega Uranium received 35 more outperform votes than Alvopetro Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.26% of users gave Alvopetro Energy an outperform vote while only 55.75% of users gave Mega Uranium an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mega Uranium	Outperform Votes 97 55.75%	Underperform Votes 77 44.25%
Alvopetro Energy	Outperform Votes 62 65.26%	Underperform Votes 33 34.74%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MGA or ALV?

16.7% of Mega Uranium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.7% of Alvopetro Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Mega Uranium shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.4% of Alvopetro Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Alvopetro Energy beats Mega Uranium on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.