PPR vs. GXE, BNE, QEC, JOY, LCX, YGR, HAM, FO, CNE, and WIL
Should you be buying Prairie Provident Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prairie Provident Resources include Gear Energy (GXE), Bonterra Energy (BNE), Questerre Energy (QEC), Journey Energy (JOY), Lycos Energy (LCX), Yangarra Resources (YGR), Highwood Asset Management (HAM), Falcon Oil & Gas (FO), Canacol Energy (CNE), and Wilton Resources (WIL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Prairie Provident Resources vs.
Prairie Provident Resources (TSE:PPR) and Gear Energy (TSE:GXE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
Prairie Provident Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 228.6%. Gear Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share. Prairie Provident Resources pays out -200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gear Energy pays out 120.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Prairie Provident Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Gear Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Prairie Provident Resources. Prairie Provident Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gear Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
0.2% of Prairie Provident Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.4% of Gear Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 77.5% of Prairie Provident Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Gear Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Prairie Provident Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Gear Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Prairie Provident Resources and 0 mentions for Gear Energy. Prairie Provident Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Gear Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Prairie Provident Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gear Energy received 152 more outperform votes than Prairie Provident Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.83% of users gave Gear Energy an outperform vote while only 65.38% of users gave Prairie Provident Resources an outperform vote.
Given Gear Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gear Energy is more favorable than Prairie Provident Resources.
Gear Energy has a net margin of 8.53% compared to Prairie Provident Resources' net margin of -56.01%. Gear Energy's return on equity of 5.08% beat Prairie Provident Resources' return on equity.
Prairie Provident Resources has a beta of 2.52, indicating that its share price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gear Energy has a beta of 3.52, indicating that its share price is 252% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Gear Energy beats Prairie Provident Resources on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PPR) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff