SDE vs. IPCO, VET, PXT, FRU, HWX, BIR, AAV, KEL, CJ, and OBE
Should you be buying Spartan Delta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spartan Delta include International Petroleum (IPCO), Vermilion Energy (VET), Parex Resources (PXT), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Advantage Energy (AAV), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Cardinal Energy (CJ), and Obsidian Energy (OBE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Spartan Delta (TSE:SDE) and International Petroleum (TSE:IPCO) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
International Petroleum received 39 more outperform votes than Spartan Delta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.80% of users gave International Petroleum an outperform vote while only 46.34% of users gave Spartan Delta an outperform vote.
Spartan Delta has higher earnings, but lower revenue than International Petroleum. Spartan Delta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
29.0% of Spartan Delta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of International Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 12.4% of Spartan Delta shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 34.4% of International Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Spartan Delta has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Petroleum has a beta of 2.5, meaning that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Spartan Delta currently has a consensus price target of C$5.61, indicating a potential upside of 39.58%. International Petroleum has a consensus price target of C$19.25, indicating a potential downside of 2.09%. Given Spartan Delta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Spartan Delta is more favorable than International Petroleum.
Spartan Delta has a net margin of 154.30% compared to International Petroleum's net margin of 19.26%. Spartan Delta's return on equity of 58.05% beat International Petroleum's return on equity.
In the previous week, International Petroleum had 1 more articles in the media than Spartan Delta. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for International Petroleum and 0 mentions for Spartan Delta. International Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Spartan Delta's score of 0.00 indicating that International Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
International Petroleum beats Spartan Delta on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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