FRU vs. IPCO, PXT, AAV, HWX, VET, BIR, NVA, ATH, PEY, and KEL
Should you be buying Freehold Royalties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freehold Royalties include International Petroleum (IPCO), Parex Resources (PXT), Advantage Energy (AAV), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Vermilion Energy (VET), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), NuVista Energy (NVA), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), and Kelt Exploration (KEL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
International Petroleum (TSE:IPCO) and Freehold Royalties (TSE:FRU) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
16.3% of International Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.6% of Freehold Royalties shares are held by institutional investors. 34.4% of International Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Freehold Royalties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
International Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Freehold Royalties. International Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freehold Royalties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
International Petroleum has a beta of 2.5, indicating that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freehold Royalties has a beta of 2, indicating that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Freehold Royalties received 469 more outperform votes than International Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.78% of users gave Freehold Royalties an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave International Petroleum an outperform vote.
International Petroleum currently has a consensus price target of C$18.25, indicating a potential upside of 0.72%. Freehold Royalties has a consensus price target of C$17.55, indicating a potential upside of 27.64%. Given International Petroleum's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Freehold Royalties is more favorable than International Petroleum.
Freehold Royalties has a net margin of 43.19% compared to Freehold Royalties' net margin of 19.26%. Freehold Royalties' return on equity of 17.16% beat International Petroleum's return on equity.
In the previous week, Freehold Royalties had 4 more articles in the media than International Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Freehold Royalties and 0 mentions for International Petroleum. International Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Freehold Royalties' score of 0.00 indicating that Freehold Royalties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Freehold Royalties beats International Petroleum on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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