AAV vs. HWX, BIR, FRU, IPCO, KEL, CJ, PXT, VET, NVA, and OBE
Should you be buying Advantage Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advantage Energy include Headwater Exploration (HWX), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Freehold Royalties (FRU), International Petroleum (IPCO), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Cardinal Energy (CJ), Parex Resources (PXT), Vermilion Energy (VET), NuVista Energy (NVA), and Obsidian Energy (OBE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Advantage Energy (TSE:AAV) and Headwater Exploration (TSE:HWX) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Advantage Energy has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Headwater Exploration has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Headwater Exploration had 3 more articles in the media than Advantage Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Headwater Exploration and 4 mentions for Advantage Energy. Headwater Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Advantage Energy's score of 0.87 indicating that Headwater Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Advantage Energy received 384 more outperform votes than Headwater Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.99% of users gave Advantage Energy an outperform vote while only 55.38% of users gave Headwater Exploration an outperform vote.
Headwater Exploration has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Advantage Energy. Headwater Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advantage Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Advantage Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$12.73, indicating a potential upside of 17.63%. Headwater Exploration has a consensus target price of C$9.46, indicating a potential upside of 23.72%. Given Headwater Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Headwater Exploration is more favorable than Advantage Energy.
43.1% of Advantage Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Advantage Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Headwater Exploration has a net margin of 37.22% compared to Advantage Energy's net margin of 18.74%. Headwater Exploration's return on equity of 27.82% beat Advantage Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Headwater Exploration beats Advantage Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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