CNE vs. PRQ, KEI, RBY, TXP, GXE, YGR, TNZ, QEC, IPO, and JOY
Should you be buying Canacol Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canacol Energy include Petrus Resources (PRQ), Kolibri Global Energy (KEI), Rubellite Energy (RBY), Touchstone Exploration (TXP), Gear Energy (GXE), Yangarra Resources (YGR), Tenaz Energy (TNZ), Questerre Energy (QEC), InPlay Oil (IPO), and Journey Energy (JOY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Canacol Energy (TSE:CNE) and Petrus Resources (TSE:PRQ) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
30.7% of Canacol Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Petrus Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.0% of Canacol Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 75.2% of Petrus Resources shares are owned by 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.
Canacol Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$7.80, indicating a potential upside of 58.22%. Petrus Resources has a consensus price target of C$1.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.78%. Given Canacol Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Canacol Energy is more favorable than Petrus Resources.
Canacol Energy has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petrus Resources has a beta of 3.21, indicating that its share price is 221% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Petrus Resources had 4 more articles in the media than Canacol Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Petrus Resources and 1 mentions for Canacol Energy. Canacol Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Petrus Resources' score of -0.96 indicating that Canacol Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canacol Energy received 114 more outperform votes than Petrus Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.28% of users gave Canacol Energy an outperform vote while only 63.87% of users gave Petrus Resources an outperform vote.
Canacol Energy pays an annual dividend of C$1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.1%. Petrus Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Canacol Energy pays out 30.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petrus Resources pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Canacol Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Canacol Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Petrus Resources. Canacol Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Petrus Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Petrus Resources has a net margin of 40.86% compared to Canacol Energy's net margin of 27.31%. Canacol Energy's return on equity of 26.80% beat Petrus Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Canacol Energy beats Petrus Resources on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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