Spartan Delta (SDE) Competitors

Spartan Delta (TSE:SDE) and Advantage Energy (TSE:AAV) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Is SDE or AAV more profitable?

Spartan Delta has a net margin of 49.71% compared to Advantage Energy's net margin of 8.98%. Spartan Delta's return on equity of 31.12% beat Advantage Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spartan Delta	49.71%	31.12%	2.90%
Advantage Energy	8.98%	2.87%	3.86%

Do analysts prefer SDE or AAV?

Spartan Delta presently has a consensus target price of C$5.63, suggesting a potential upside of 56.25%. Advantage Energy has a consensus target price of C$13.63, suggesting a potential upside of 14.02%. Given Spartan Delta's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Spartan Delta is more favorable than Advantage Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spartan Delta	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.60
Advantage Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SDE or AAV?

28.4% of Spartan Delta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.7% of Advantage Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.4% of Spartan Delta shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Advantage Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, SDE or AAV?

Spartan Delta has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advantage Energy has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SDE or AAV?

In the previous week, Spartan Delta and Spartan Delta both had 2 articles in the media. Advantage Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Spartan Delta's score of 0.92 indicating that Advantage Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Spartan Delta	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Advantage Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SDE or AAV?

Spartan Delta has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Advantage Energy. Spartan Delta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advantage 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
Spartan Delta	C$324.48M	2.22	C$161.31M	C$0.80	4.49
Advantage Energy	C$505.16M	3.93	C$45.34M	C$0.27	43.52

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SDE or AAV?

Advantage Energy received 369 more outperform votes than Spartan Delta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.75% of users gave Advantage Energy an outperform vote while only 47.01% of users gave Spartan Delta an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Spartan Delta	Outperform Votes 63 47.01%	Underperform Votes 71 52.99%
Advantage Energy	Outperform Votes 432 65.75%	Underperform Votes 225 34.25%

Summary

Spartan Delta and Advantage Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.