SDE vs. CR, FEC, VLE, KEC, SGY, OBE, GTE, PNE, BNE, and CJ
Should you be buying Spartan Delta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spartan Delta include Crew Energy (CR), Frontera Energy (FEC), Valeura Energy (VLE), Kiwetinohk Energy (KEC), Surge Energy (SGY), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Pine Cliff Energy (PNE), Bonterra Energy (BNE), and Cardinal Energy (CJ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Crew Energy (TSE:CR) and Spartan Delta (TSE:SDE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
Crew Energy received 426 more outperform votes than Spartan Delta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.81% of users gave Crew Energy an outperform vote while only 46.49% of users gave Spartan Delta an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Spartan Delta had 3 more articles in the media than Crew Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Spartan Delta and 5 mentions for Crew Energy. Spartan Delta's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Crew Energy's score of 0.15 indicating that Crew Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Crew Energy has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spartan Delta has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
34.4% of Crew Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Spartan Delta shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Crew Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Spartan Delta shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Spartan Delta has higher revenue and earnings than Crew Energy. Spartan Delta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crew Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Crew Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$6.69, indicating a potential upside of 44.44%. Spartan Delta has a consensus price target of C$6.29, indicating a potential upside of 51.84%. Given Crew Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Spartan Delta is more favorable than Crew Energy.
Spartan Delta has a net margin of 111.86% compared to Spartan Delta's net margin of 38.98%. Crew Energy's return on equity of 68.13% beat Spartan Delta's return on equity.
Summary
Spartan Delta beats Crew Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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