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
Pine Cliff Energy (TSE:PNE) and InPlay Oil (TSE:IPO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Pine Cliff Energy and Pine Cliff Energy both had 2 articles in the media. Pine Cliff Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat InPlay Oil's score of 0.25 indicating that Pine Cliff Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
InPlay Oil has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Pine Cliff Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. InPlay Oil pays an annual dividend of C$0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Pine Cliff Energy pays out -144.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Pine Cliff Energy has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InPlay Oil has a beta of 2.37, meaning that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500.
11.6% of Pine Cliff Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of InPlay Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Pine Cliff Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of InPlay Oil shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Pine Cliff Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$0.93, suggesting a potential upside of 46.83%. InPlay Oil has a consensus target price of C$6.50, suggesting a potential downside of 31.14%. Given Pine Cliff Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pine Cliff Energy is more favorable than InPlay Oil.
Summary
InPlay Oil beats Pine Cliff Energy on 11 of the 18 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 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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