VLE vs. KEC, CR, SDE, SGY, GTE, FEC, PNE, OBE, JOY, and IPO
Should you be buying Valeura Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valeura Energy include Kiwetinohk Energy (KEC), Crew Energy (CR), Spartan Delta (SDE), Surge Energy (SGY), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Frontera Energy (FEC), Pine Cliff Energy (PNE), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Journey Energy (JOY), and InPlay Oil (IPO). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Valeura Energy (TSE:VLE) and Kiwetinohk Energy (TSE:KEC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.
Valeura Energy has a net margin of 56.16% compared to Kiwetinohk Energy's net margin of 24.95%. Valeura Energy's return on equity of 156.29% beat Kiwetinohk Energy's return on equity.
Valeura Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$12.00, indicating a potential upside of 135.29%. Kiwetinohk Energy has a consensus price target of C$20.00, indicating a potential upside of 58.10%. Given Valeura Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Valeura Energy is more favorable than Kiwetinohk Energy.
Valeura Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kiwetinohk Energy. Valeura Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kiwetinohk Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
19.3% of Valeura Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Kiwetinohk Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 18.6% of Valeura Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Kiwetinohk Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valeura Energy received 142 more outperform votes than Kiwetinohk Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.81% of users gave Valeura Energy an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Kiwetinohk Energy an outperform vote.
Valeura Energy has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kiwetinohk Energy has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kiwetinohk Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Valeura Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kiwetinohk Energy and 3 mentions for Valeura Energy. Valeura Energy's average media sentiment score of 2.04 beat Kiwetinohk Energy's score of 0.25 indicating that Valeura Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Valeura Energy beats Kiwetinohk Energy on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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