SDE vs. SGY, CR, FEC, OBE, VLE, KEC, GTE, PNE, CJ, and KEL
Should you be buying Spartan Delta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spartan Delta include Surge Energy (SGY), Crew Energy (CR), Frontera Energy (FEC), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Valeura Energy (VLE), Kiwetinohk Energy (KEC), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Pine Cliff Energy (PNE), Cardinal Energy (CJ), and Kelt Exploration (KEL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Spartan Delta (TSE:SDE) and Surge Energy (TSE:SGY) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and community ranking.
28.7% of Spartan Delta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.4% of Surge Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of Spartan Delta shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Surge Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Spartan Delta has a net margin of 111.86% compared to Surge Energy's net margin of -0.50%. Spartan Delta's return on equity of 68.13% beat Surge Energy's return on equity.
Spartan Delta presently has a consensus target price of C$5.73, suggesting a potential upside of 38.01%. Surge Energy has a consensus target price of C$11.79, suggesting a potential upside of 70.31%. Given Surge Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Surge Energy is more favorable than Spartan Delta.
Spartan Delta has higher revenue and earnings than Surge Energy. Spartan Delta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Surge Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Surge Energy received 270 more outperform votes than Spartan Delta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.94% of users gave Surge Energy an outperform vote while only 45.38% of users gave Spartan Delta an outperform vote.
Spartan Delta has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Surge Energy has a beta of 2.66, meaning that its share price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Spartan Delta had 9 more articles in the media than Surge Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Spartan Delta and 4 mentions for Surge Energy. Spartan Delta's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Surge Energy's score of -0.01 indicating that Spartan Delta is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Spartan Delta beats Surge Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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