SGY vs. CR, FEC, SDE, OBE, KEC, VLE, CJ, PNE, KEL, and GTE
Should you be buying Surge Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Surge Energy include Crew Energy (CR), Frontera Energy (FEC), Spartan Delta (SDE), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Kiwetinohk Energy (KEC), Valeura Energy (VLE), Cardinal Energy (CJ), Pine Cliff Energy (PNE), Kelt Exploration (KEL), and Gran Tierra Energy (GTE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Surge Energy (TSE:SGY) and Crew Energy (TSE:CR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
4.0% of Surge Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of Crew Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Surge Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Crew Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Surge Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$12.03, suggesting a potential upside of 57.89%. Crew Energy has a consensus target price of C$7.03, suggesting a potential upside of 51.14%. Given Surge Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Surge Energy is more favorable than Crew Energy.
Surge Energy has a beta of 2.66, meaning that its share price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crew Energy has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Surge Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Crew Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Surge Energy and 5 mentions for Crew Energy. Surge Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Crew Energy's score of 0.04 indicating that Surge Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Crew Energy received 155 more outperform votes than Surge Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.94% of users gave Surge Energy an outperform vote while only 61.89% of users gave Crew Energy an outperform vote.
Surge Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Crew Energy pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 30.1%. Surge Energy pays out 29.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crew Energy pays out 189.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Crew Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Surge Energy. Surge Energy 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 has a net margin of 38.98% compared to Surge Energy's net margin of 2.82%. Crew Energy's return on equity of 9.61% beat Surge Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Crew Energy beats Surge Energy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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