PRQ vs. SDE, SGY, OBE, TNZ, VLE, CEI, SNM, LGN, FEC, and LOU
Should you be buying Petrus Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petrus Resources include Spartan Delta (SDE), Surge Energy (SGY), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Tenaz Energy (TNZ), Valeura Energy (VLE), Coelacanth Energy (CEI), ShaMaran Petroleum (SNM), Logan Energy (LGN), Frontera Energy (FEC), and Lucero Energy (LOU). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Petrus Resources vs. Its Competitors
Spartan Delta (TSE:SDE) and Petrus Resources (TSE:PRQ) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
Spartan Delta has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petrus Resources has a beta of 3.02, meaning that its stock price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500.
28.4% of Spartan Delta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Petrus Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 12.4% of Spartan Delta shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 75.2% of Petrus Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Petrus Resources has a net margin of 50.04% compared to Spartan Delta's net margin of 49.71%. Spartan Delta's return on equity of 31.12% beat Petrus Resources' return on equity.
Petrus Resources received 158 more outperform votes than Spartan Delta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.87% of users gave Petrus Resources an outperform vote while only 47.01% of users gave Spartan Delta an outperform vote.
Spartan Delta presently has a consensus price target of C$5.63, indicating a potential upside of 49.20%. Given Spartan Delta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Spartan Delta is more favorable than Petrus Resources.
Spartan Delta has higher revenue and earnings than Petrus Resources. Petrus Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spartan Delta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Petrus Resources had 4 more articles in the media than Spartan Delta. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Petrus Resources and 1 mentions for Spartan Delta. Petrus Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Spartan Delta's score of 0.00 indicating that Petrus Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Spartan Delta beats Petrus Resources on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Petrus Resources News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PRQ and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PRQ 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.
Petrus Resources Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (TSE:PRQ) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
