Valeura Energy (VLE) Competitors

Valeura Energy (TSE:VLE) and Freehold Royalties (TSE:FRU) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is VLE or FRU more profitable?

Freehold Royalties has a net margin of 42.42% compared to Valeura Energy's net margin of 13.30%. Valeura Energy's return on equity of 27.14% beat Freehold Royalties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Valeura Energy	13.30%	27.14%	12.90%
Freehold Royalties	42.42%	14.43%	10.42%

Does the media prefer VLE or FRU?

In the previous week, Freehold Royalties had 2 more articles in the media than Valeura Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Freehold Royalties and 0 mentions for Valeura Energy. Valeura Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Freehold Royalties' score of 0.65 indicating that Valeura Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Valeura Energy	Positive
Freehold Royalties	Positive

Do analysts rate VLE or FRU?

Valeura Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$9.50, indicating a potential upside of 26.33%. Freehold Royalties has a consensus target price of C$16.04, indicating a potential upside of 40.54%. Given Freehold Royalties' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Freehold Royalties is more favorable than Valeura Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Valeura Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Freehold Royalties	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, VLE or FRU?

Freehold Royalties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Valeura Energy. Valeura Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freehold Royalties, 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
Valeura Energy	C$386.11M	1.28	C$51.34M	C$1.27	5.91
Freehold Royalties	C$311.95M	5.50	C$132.34M	C$0.88	12.93

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VLE or FRU?

Freehold Royalties received 415 more outperform votes than Valeura Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.11% of users gave Valeura Energy an outperform vote while only 66.20% of users gave Freehold Royalties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Valeura Energy	Outperform Votes 153 67.11%	Underperform Votes 75 32.89%
Freehold Royalties	Outperform Votes 568 66.20%	Underperform Votes 290 33.80%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in VLE or FRU?

14.5% of Valeura Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.0% of Freehold Royalties shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Valeura Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Freehold Royalties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, VLE or FRU?

Valeura Energy has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freehold Royalties has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Freehold Royalties beats Valeura Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.