PHX vs. VNR, NOA, OBE, CEI, MPC, HME, GTE, HAL, E, and NINE
Should you be buying PHX Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PHX Energy Services include Valener (VNR), North American Construction Group (NOA), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Coelacanth Energy (CEI), Madison Pacific Properties (MPC), Hemisphere Energy (HME), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common (HAL), Enterprise Group (E), and Delta 9 Cannabis (NINE). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
PHX Energy Services vs. Its Competitors
PHX Energy Services (TSE:PHX) and Valener (TSE:VNR) are both small-cap petroleum and natural gas companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
PHX Energy Services has a net margin of 11.40% compared to Valener's net margin of 0.00%. PHX Energy Services' return on equity of 34.01% beat Valener's return on equity.
PHX Energy Services presently has a consensus price target of C$11.50, indicating a potential upside of 39.73%. Given PHX Energy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe PHX Energy Services is more favorable than Valener.
In the previous week, PHX Energy Services had 2 more articles in the media than Valener. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PHX Energy Services and 0 mentions for Valener. PHX Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Valener's score of 0.00 indicating that PHX Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PHX Energy Services pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Valener pays an annual dividend of C$1.19 per share. PHX Energy Services pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valener pays out 81.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PHX Energy Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
20.3% of PHX Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of PHX Energy Services shares are owned 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.
PHX Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Valener. Valener is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PHX Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
PHX Energy Services beats Valener on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:PHX) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
