SGY vs. BTE, FRU, AAV, BIR, PXT, HWX, VET, KEL, CJ, and CR
Should you be buying Surge Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Surge Energy include Baytex Energy (BTE), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Advantage Energy (AAV), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Parex Resources (PXT), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Vermilion Energy (VET), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Cardinal Energy (CJ), and Crew Energy (CR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Surge Energy vs. Its Competitors
Surge Energy (TSE:SGY) and Baytex Energy (TSE:BTE) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Surge Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Baytex Energy. Baytex Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Surge Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
6.7% of Surge Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Surge Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Surge Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Baytex Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Surge Energy pays out 94.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Baytex Energy pays out 19.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Baytex Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Surge Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Baytex Energy and 1 mentions for Surge Energy. Baytex Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Surge Energy's score of 0.77 indicating that Baytex Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Surge Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$9.42, indicating a potential upside of 41.82%. Baytex Energy has a consensus target price of C$4.68, indicating a potential upside of 54.50%. Given Baytex Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than Surge Energy.
Surge Energy has a beta of 0.750044, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baytex Energy has a beta of 1.015704, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Baytex Energy has a net margin of -10.45% compared to Surge Energy's net margin of -13.88%. Baytex Energy's return on equity of -8.96% beat Surge Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Surge Energy and Baytex Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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.
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This page (TSE:SGY) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
