VLE vs. BTE, FRU, AAV, BIR, IPCO, HWX, VET, KEL, CR, and CJ
Should you be buying Valeura Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valeura Energy include Baytex Energy (BTE), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Advantage Energy (AAV), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), International Petroleum (IPCO), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Vermilion Energy (VET), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Crew Energy (CR), and Cardinal Energy (CJ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Valeura Energy vs.
Valeura Energy (TSE:VLE) and Baytex Energy (TSE:BTE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
Baytex Energy has a consensus price target of C$4.68, indicating a potential upside of 105.32%. Given Baytex Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than Valeura Energy.
Valeura Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Baytex Energy. Baytex Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valeura Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Valeura Energy has a net margin of 13.30% compared to Baytex Energy's net margin of -10.45%. Valeura Energy's return on equity of 27.14% beat Baytex Energy's return on equity.
14.5% of Valeura Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of Baytex Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Valeura Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Baytex Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Baytex Energy received 359 more outperform votes than Valeura Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.11% of users gave Valeura Energy an outperform vote while only 56.14% of users gave Baytex Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Valeura Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Baytex Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Valeura Energy and 3 mentions for Baytex Energy. Baytex Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Valeura Energy's score of 0.59 indicating that Baytex Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Valeura Energy has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baytex Energy has a beta of 2.61, indicating that its stock price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Valeura Energy beats Baytex Energy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:VLE) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
