BIR vs. HWX, AAV, KEL, CJ, FRU, IPCO, OBE, FEC, SGY, and SDE
Should you be buying Birchcliff Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Birchcliff Energy include Headwater Exploration (HWX), Advantage Energy (AAV), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Cardinal Energy (CJ), Freehold Royalties (FRU), International Petroleum (IPCO), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Frontera Energy (FEC), Surge Energy (SGY), and Spartan Delta (SDE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Birchcliff Energy (TSE:BIR) and Headwater Exploration (TSE:HWX) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
Birchcliff Energy has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Headwater Exploration has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Headwater Exploration has a net margin of 37.22% compared to Birchcliff Energy's net margin of 1.40%. Headwater Exploration's return on equity of 27.82% beat Birchcliff Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Birchcliff Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Headwater Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Birchcliff Energy and 1 mentions for Headwater Exploration. Headwater Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Birchcliff Energy's score of 0.28 indicating that Headwater Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
16.0% of Birchcliff Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Birchcliff Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Headwater Exploration has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Birchcliff Energy. Headwater Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Birchcliff Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Birchcliff Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$6.42, suggesting a potential upside of 6.59%. Headwater Exploration has a consensus price target of C$9.46, suggesting a potential upside of 25.69%. Given Headwater Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Headwater Exploration is more favorable than Birchcliff Energy.
Birchcliff Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Headwater Exploration pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Birchcliff Energy pays out 1,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Headwater Exploration pays out 60.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Birchcliff Energy received 579 more outperform votes than Headwater Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.25% of users gave Birchcliff Energy an outperform vote while only 55.38% of users gave Headwater Exploration an outperform vote.
Summary
Headwater Exploration beats Birchcliff Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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