Prairie Provident Resources (PPR) Competitors

Perpetual Energy (TSE:PMT) and Prairie Provident Resources (TSE:PPR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PMT or PPR?

Perpetual Energy received 50 more outperform votes than Prairie Provident Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.38% of users gave Prairie Provident Resources an outperform vote while only 40.75% of users gave Perpetual Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Perpetual Energy	Outperform Votes 152 40.75%	Underperform Votes 221 59.25%
Prairie Provident Resources	Outperform Votes 102 65.38%	Underperform Votes 54 34.62%

Is PMT or PPR more profitable?

Perpetual Energy has a net margin of 10.53% compared to Perpetual Energy's net margin of -12.07%. Prairie Provident Resources' return on equity of 4.75% beat Perpetual Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perpetual Energy	10.53%	4.75%	4.93%
Prairie Provident Resources	-12.07%	N/A	-0.40%

Do analysts rate PMT or PPR?

Perpetual Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$0.55, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Prairie Provident Resources' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Perpetual Energy is more favorable than Prairie Provident Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Perpetual Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Prairie Provident Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PMT or PPR?

0.2% of Prairie Provident Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.8% of Perpetual Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 77.9% of Prairie Provident Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor PMT or PPR?

In the previous week, Perpetual Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Prairie Provident Resources. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Perpetual Energy and 0 mentions for Prairie Provident Resources. Prairie Provident Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Perpetual Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Perpetual Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Perpetual Energy	Neutral
Prairie Provident Resources	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, PMT or PPR?

Perpetual Energy has a beta of 3.22, suggesting that its stock price is 222% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prairie Provident Resources has a beta of 2.76, suggesting that its stock price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PMT or PPR?

Perpetual Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Prairie Provident Resources. Prairie Provident Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perpetual 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
Perpetual Energy	C$53.31M	0.69	C$5.62M	C$0.31	1.77
Prairie Provident Resources	C$54.04M	0.93	-C$6.53M	-C$0.03	-2.33

Summary

Perpetual Energy beats Prairie Provident Resources on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.