PRQ vs. RBY, CNE, TXP, KEI, GXE, BNE, IPO, JOY, YGR, and TNZ
Should you be buying Petrus Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petrus Resources include Rubellite Energy (RBY), Canacol Energy (CNE), Touchstone Exploration (TXP), Kolibri Global Energy (KEI), Gear Energy (GXE), Bonterra Energy (BNE), InPlay Oil (IPO), Journey Energy (JOY), Yangarra Resources (YGR), and Tenaz Energy (TNZ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Rubellite Energy (TSE:RBY) and Petrus Resources (TSE:PRQ) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.
Rubellite Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$3.84, suggesting a potential upside of 43.19%. Petrus Resources has a consensus price target of C$1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.70%. Given Petrus Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Rubellite Energy is more favorable than Petrus Resources.
In the previous week, Petrus Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Rubellite Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Petrus Resources and 0 mentions for Rubellite Energy. Petrus Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Rubellite Energy's score of 1.00 indicating that Rubellite Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Petrus Resources received 207 more outperform votes than Rubellite Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.87% of users gave Petrus Resources an outperform vote while only 42.42% of users gave Rubellite Energy an outperform vote.
3.4% of Rubellite Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Petrus Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 37.1% of Rubellite Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 75.2% of Petrus Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Rubellite Energy has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petrus Resources has a beta of 3.2, indicating that its stock price is 220% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Petrus Resources has a net margin of 46.82% compared to Petrus Resources' net margin of 23.07%. Rubellite Energy's return on equity of 17.44% beat Petrus Resources' return on equity.
Petrus Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Rubellite Energy. Petrus Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rubellite Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Petrus Resources beats Rubellite Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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