HWX vs. AAV, BIR, FRU, IPCO, KEL, CJ, PXT, OBE, VET, and NVA
Should you be buying Headwater Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Headwater Exploration include Advantage Energy (AAV), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Freehold Royalties (FRU), International Petroleum (IPCO), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Cardinal Energy (CJ), Parex Resources (PXT), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Vermilion Energy (VET), and NuVista Energy (NVA). 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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
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 currently 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 Advantage Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Headwater Exploration is more favorable than Advantage Energy.
43.1% of Advantage Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Headwater Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Advantage Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Headwater Exploration shares are owned by company 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.
Headwater Exploration has a net margin of 37.22% compared to Headwater Exploration's net margin of 18.74%. Advantage Energy's return on equity of 27.82% beat Headwater Exploration's return on equity.
Advantage Energy has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Headwater Exploration has a beta of 1.6, suggesting 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. Advantage Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Headwater Exploration'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.
Summary
Headwater Exploration beats Advantage Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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