IPO vs. BNE, JOY, GXE, PRQ, CNE, TXP, RBY, KEI, TNZ, and YGR
Should you be buying InPlay Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of InPlay Oil include Bonterra Energy (BNE), Journey Energy (JOY), Gear Energy (GXE), Petrus Resources (PRQ), Canacol Energy (CNE), Touchstone Exploration (TXP), Rubellite Energy (RBY), Kolibri Global Energy (KEI), Tenaz Energy (TNZ), and Yangarra Resources (YGR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
InPlay Oil (TSE:IPO) and Bonterra Energy (TSE:BNE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
InPlay Oil presently has a consensus target price of C$4.38, suggesting a potential upside of 83.82%. Bonterra Energy has a consensus target price of C$8.92, suggesting a potential upside of 59.23%. Given InPlay Oil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe InPlay Oil is more favorable than Bonterra Energy.
InPlay Oil has a net margin of 20.85% compared to Bonterra Energy's net margin of 16.44%. InPlay Oil's return on equity of 11.53% beat Bonterra Energy's return on equity.
InPlay Oil has a beta of 2.47, meaning that its stock price is 147% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bonterra Energy has a beta of 2.85, meaning that its stock price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, InPlay Oil had 4 more articles in the media than Bonterra Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for InPlay Oil and 0 mentions for Bonterra Energy. InPlay Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Bonterra Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that InPlay Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
InPlay Oil pays an annual dividend of C$0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Bonterra Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. InPlay Oil pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bonterra Energy pays out 10.0% 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.
Bonterra Energy received 244 more outperform votes than InPlay Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.40% of users gave InPlay Oil an outperform vote while only 59.73% of users gave Bonterra Energy an outperform vote.
1.5% of InPlay Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.2% of Bonterra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.8% of InPlay Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Bonterra Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bonterra Energy has higher revenue and earnings than InPlay Oil. Bonterra Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InPlay Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
InPlay Oil beats Bonterra Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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