CJ vs. KEL, OBE, FEC, SGY, BIR, CR, SDE, VLE, KEC, and AAV
Should you be buying Cardinal Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cardinal Energy include Kelt Exploration (KEL), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Frontera Energy (FEC), Surge Energy (SGY), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Crew Energy (CR), Spartan Delta (SDE), Valeura Energy (VLE), Kiwetinohk Energy (KEC), and Advantage Energy (AAV). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Kelt Exploration (TSE:KEL) and Cardinal Energy (TSE:CJ) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
Cardinal Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Kelt Exploration. Cardinal Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kelt Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kelt Exploration received 95 more outperform votes than Cardinal Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.33% of users gave Kelt Exploration an outperform vote while only 67.15% of users gave Cardinal Energy an outperform vote.
33.2% of Kelt Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of Cardinal Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 15.9% of Kelt Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Cardinal Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kelt Exploration has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cardinal Energy has a beta of 2.96, suggesting that its stock price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cardinal Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Kelt Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Cardinal Energy and 0 mentions for Kelt Exploration. Cardinal Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Kelt Exploration's score of -0.06 indicating that Kelt Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cardinal Energy has a net margin of 21.53% compared to Cardinal Energy's net margin of 19.70%. Kelt Exploration's return on equity of 11.22% beat Cardinal Energy's return on equity.
Kelt Exploration currently has a consensus target price of C$8.64, suggesting a potential upside of 40.08%. Cardinal Energy has a consensus target price of C$8.70, suggesting a potential upside of 26.45%. Given Cardinal Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kelt Exploration is more favorable than Cardinal Energy.
Summary
Kelt Exploration and Cardinal Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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