HPK vs. VAL, RIG, PTEN, HP, PDS, BORR, NBR, ICD, AMNI, and CHRD
Should you be buying HighPeak Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HighPeak Energy include Valaris (VAL), Transocean (RIG), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Helmerich & Payne (HP), Precision Drilling (PDS), Borr Drilling (BORR), Nabors Industries (NBR), Independence Contract Drilling (ICD), American Noble Gas (AMNI), and Chord Energy (CHRD). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Valaris (NYSE:VAL) and HighPeak Energy (NASDAQ:HPK) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
Valaris has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HighPeak Energy has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valaris received 2 more outperform votes than HighPeak Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave HighPeak Energy an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Valaris an outperform vote.
Valaris has a net margin of 44.93% compared to Valaris' net margin of 14.64%. Valaris' return on equity of 16.58% beat HighPeak Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Valaris had 1 more articles in the media than HighPeak Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Valaris and 0 mentions for HighPeak Energy. HighPeak Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Valaris' score of 0.67 indicating that Valaris is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Valaris currently has a consensus price target of $99.20, suggesting a potential upside of 39.70%. HighPeak Energy has a consensus price target of $23.60, suggesting a potential upside of 70.03%. Given Valaris' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HighPeak Energy is more favorable than Valaris.
96.7% of Valaris shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.1% of HighPeak Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Valaris shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 77.5% of HighPeak Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valaris has higher revenue and earnings than HighPeak Energy. Valaris is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HighPeak Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Valaris beats HighPeak Energy on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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