PNE vs. IPO, SDE, SGY, OBE, TNZ, VLE, CEI, SNM, FEC, and LGN
Should you be buying Pine Cliff Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pine Cliff Energy include InPlay Oil (IPO), Spartan Delta (SDE), Surge Energy (SGY), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Tenaz Energy (TNZ), Valeura Energy (VLE), Coelacanth Energy (CEI), ShaMaran Petroleum (SNM), Frontera Energy (FEC), and Logan Energy (LGN). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Pine Cliff Energy vs. Its Competitors
InPlay Oil (TSE:IPO) and Pine Cliff Energy (TSE:PNE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, InPlay Oil had 1 more articles in the media than Pine Cliff Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for InPlay Oil and 4 mentions for Pine Cliff Energy. Pine Cliff Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat InPlay Oil's score of 0.20 indicating that Pine Cliff Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
InPlay Oil has a beta of 2.37, meaning that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pine Cliff Energy has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
InPlay Oil pays an annual dividend of C$0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Pine Cliff Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. InPlay Oil pays out 85.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pine Cliff Energy pays out -144.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pine Cliff Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
InPlay Oil presently has a consensus target price of C$6.50, suggesting a potential downside of 28.81%. Pine Cliff Energy has a consensus target price of C$0.93, suggesting a potential upside of 46.83%. Given Pine Cliff Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pine Cliff Energy is more favorable than InPlay Oil.
InPlay Oil has a net margin of 12.95% compared to Pine Cliff Energy's net margin of -8.28%. InPlay Oil's return on equity of 6.41% beat Pine Cliff Energy's return on equity.
InPlay Oil has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pine Cliff Energy. Pine Cliff 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.
1.5% of InPlay Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.6% of Pine Cliff Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.3% of InPlay Oil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Pine Cliff Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
InPlay Oil beats Pine Cliff Energy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PNE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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:PNE) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
