Spartan Delta (SDE) Competitors

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

Is BTE or SDE more profitable?

Spartan Delta has a net margin of 49.71% compared to Baytex Energy's net margin of -10.45%. Spartan Delta's return on equity of 31.12% beat Baytex Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baytex Energy	-10.45%	-8.96%	-0.08%
Spartan Delta	49.71%	31.12%	2.90%

Does the media prefer BTE or SDE?

In the previous week, Baytex Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Spartan Delta. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Baytex Energy and 4 mentions for Spartan Delta. Spartan Delta's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Baytex Energy's score of -0.02 indicating that Spartan Delta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Baytex Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Spartan Delta	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BTE or SDE?

40.5% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Spartan Delta shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% 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.

Do analysts recommend BTE or SDE?

Baytex Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$5.59, suggesting a potential upside of 80.83%. Spartan Delta has a consensus price target of C$6.29, suggesting a potential upside of 103.42%. Given Spartan Delta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Spartan Delta is more favorable than Baytex Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Baytex Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Spartan Delta	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BTE or SDE?

Baytex Energy received 449 more outperform votes than Spartan Delta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.29% of users gave Baytex Energy an outperform vote while only 46.56% of users gave Spartan Delta an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Baytex Energy	Outperform Votes 510 56.29%	Underperform Votes 396 43.71%
Spartan Delta	Outperform Votes 61 46.56%	Underperform Votes 70 53.44%

Which has more risk and volatility, BTE or SDE?

Baytex Energy has a beta of 2.61, indicating that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spartan Delta has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BTE or SDE?

Spartan Delta has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Baytex Energy. Baytex Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spartan Delta, 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
Baytex Energy	C$3.33B	0.73	-C$347.90M	-C$0.44	-7.03
Spartan Delta	C$324.48M	1.91	C$161.31M	C$0.80	3.86

Summary

Spartan Delta beats Baytex Energy on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.