SGY vs. FEC, SDE, CR, OBE, VLE, KEC, CJ, GTE, PNE, and KEL
Should you be buying Surge Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Surge Energy include Frontera Energy (FEC), Spartan Delta (SDE), Crew Energy (CR), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Valeura Energy (VLE), Kiwetinohk Energy (KEC), Cardinal Energy (CJ), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Pine Cliff Energy (PNE), and Kelt Exploration (KEL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Surge Energy (TSE:SGY) and Frontera Energy (TSE:FEC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Surge Energy received 138 more outperform votes than Frontera Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.94% of users gave Surge Energy an outperform vote while only 58.31% of users gave Frontera Energy an outperform vote.
Surge Energy has a beta of 2.66, suggesting that its share price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontera Energy has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
4.0% of Surge Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.3% of Frontera Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Surge Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Frontera Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Surge Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Frontera Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Surge Energy pays out 29.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Frontera Energy pays out 2.0% 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.
Frontera Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Surge Energy. Frontera Energy 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 presently has a consensus target price of C$11.79, indicating a potential upside of 51.68%. Frontera Energy has a consensus target price of C$13.33, indicating a potential upside of 41.09%. Given Surge Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Surge Energy is more favorable than Frontera Energy.
Frontera Energy has a net margin of 16.85% compared to Surge Energy's net margin of 2.82%. Frontera Energy's return on equity of 11.26% beat Surge Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Surge Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Frontera Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Surge Energy and 1 mentions for Frontera Energy. Frontera Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Surge Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Frontera Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Surge Energy beats Frontera Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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