BATL vs. PED, MVO, PRT, EPSN, PVL, PHX, INDO, USEG, BRN, and MXC
Should you be buying Battalion Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Battalion Oil include PEDEVCO (PED), MV Oil Trust (MVO), PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT), Epsilon Energy (EPSN), Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL), PHX Minerals (PHX), Indonesia Energy (INDO), U.S. Energy (USEG), Barnwell Industries (BRN), and Mexco Energy (MXC). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
PEDEVCO (NYSE:PED) and Battalion Oil (NYSE:BATL) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.
PEDEVCO has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Battalion Oil. Battalion Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PEDEVCO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3.3% of PEDEVCO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.0% of Battalion Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 71.1% of PEDEVCO shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.9% of Battalion Oil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PEDEVCO has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Battalion Oil has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PEDEVCO has a net margin of 6.97% compared to PEDEVCO's net margin of -1.38%. Battalion Oil's return on equity of 2.31% beat PEDEVCO's return on equity.
In the previous week, Battalion Oil had 1 more articles in the media than PEDEVCO. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Battalion Oil and 0 mentions for PEDEVCO. PEDEVCO's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Battalion Oil's score of 0.00 indicating that Battalion Oil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Battalion Oil received 1 more outperform votes than PEDEVCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 16.67% of users gave Battalion Oil an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave PEDEVCO an outperform vote.
Battalion Oil has a consensus price target of $18.60, indicating a potential upside of 217.95%. Given PEDEVCO's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Battalion Oil is more favorable than PEDEVCO.
Summary
PEDEVCO and Battalion Oil tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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