HWX vs. AAV, BIR, FRU, IPCO, PXT, KEL, CJ, VET, NVA, and ATH
Should you be buying Headwater Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Headwater Exploration include Advantage Energy (AAV), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Freehold Royalties (FRU), International Petroleum (IPCO), Parex Resources (PXT), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Cardinal Energy (CJ), Vermilion Energy (VET), NuVista Energy (NVA), and Athabasca Oil (ATH). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Headwater Exploration (TSE:HWX) and Advantage Energy (TSE:AAV) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
27.9% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.1% of Advantage Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Advantage Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Headwater Exploration and Headwater Exploration both had 1 articles in the media. Advantage Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Headwater Exploration's score of 1.05 indicating that Advantage Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Headwater Exploration has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Advantage Energy. Headwater Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advantage Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Headwater Exploration has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advantage Energy has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Headwater Exploration presently has a consensus price target of C$9.46, indicating a potential upside of 25.69%. Advantage Energy has a consensus price target of C$12.73, indicating a potential upside of 15.91%. Given Headwater Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Headwater Exploration is more favorable than Advantage Energy.
Headwater Exploration has a net margin of 37.22% compared to Advantage Energy's net margin of 18.74%. Headwater Exploration's return on equity of 27.82% beat Advantage Energy's return on equity.
Advantage Energy received 384 more outperform votes than Headwater Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.99% of users gave Advantage Energy an outperform vote while only 55.38% of users gave Headwater Exploration an outperform vote.
Summary
Headwater Exploration beats Advantage Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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