FRU vs. IPCO, PXT, HWX, AAV, VET, NVA, ATH, BIR, PEY, and KEL
Should you be buying Freehold Royalties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freehold Royalties include International Petroleum (IPCO), Parex Resources (PXT), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Advantage Energy (AAV), Vermilion Energy (VET), NuVista Energy (NVA), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), and Kelt Exploration (KEL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Freehold Royalties (TSE:FRU) and International Petroleum (TSE:IPCO) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Freehold Royalties received 468 more outperform votes than International Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.82% of users gave Freehold Royalties an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave International Petroleum an outperform vote.
Freehold Royalties has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Petroleum has a beta of 2.53, meaning that its share price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500.
International Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Freehold Royalties. International Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freehold Royalties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
29.4% of Freehold Royalties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.1% of International Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Freehold Royalties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of International Petroleum shares are held by company 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.
In the previous week, Freehold Royalties had 4 more articles in the media than International Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Freehold Royalties and 0 mentions for International Petroleum. Freehold Royalties' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat International Petroleum's score of -0.50 indicating that Freehold Royalties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Freehold Royalties has a net margin of 41.93% compared to International Petroleum's net margin of 20.25%. International Petroleum's return on equity of 16.91% beat Freehold Royalties' return on equity.
Freehold Royalties currently has a consensus target price of C$17.75, indicating a potential upside of 26.33%. International Petroleum has a consensus target price of C$18.25, indicating a potential upside of 5.61%. Given Freehold Royalties' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Freehold Royalties is more favorable than International Petroleum.
Summary
Freehold Royalties beats International Petroleum on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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