PRQ vs. VLE, KEC, SEI, LGN, GTE, PNE, RECO, SNM, JOY, and IPO
Should you be buying Petrus Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petrus Resources include Valeura Energy (VLE), Kiwetinohk Energy (KEC), Sintana Energy (SEI), Logan Energy (LGN), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Pine Cliff Energy (PNE), Reconnaissance Energy Africa (RECO), ShaMaran Petroleum (SNM), Journey Energy (JOY), and InPlay Oil (IPO). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Petrus Resources (TSE:PRQ) and Valeura Energy (TSE:VLE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Petrus Resources has a net margin of 29.10% compared to Valeura Energy's net margin of 5.19%. Valeura Energy's return on equity of 10.97% beat Petrus Resources' return on equity.
Petrus Resources received 69 more outperform votes than Valeura Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.96% of users gave Valeura Energy an outperform vote while only 63.87% of users gave Petrus Resources an outperform vote.
0.2% of Petrus Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.6% of Valeura Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 75.3% of Petrus Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of Valeura Energy shares are held by company 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 has higher revenue and earnings than Petrus Resources. Petrus Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valeura Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Petrus Resources and Petrus Resources both had 2 articles in the media. Valeura Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Petrus Resources' score of 0.88 indicating that Valeura Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Petrus Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$1.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.64%. Valeura Energy has a consensus price target of C$10.75, indicating a potential upside of 99.07%. Given Valeura Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Valeura Energy is more favorable than Petrus Resources.
Petrus Resources has a beta of 3.18, meaning that its stock price is 218% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valeura Energy has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Valeura Energy beats Petrus Resources on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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