MXC vs. BATL, PED, PRT, PVL, INDO, USEG, BRN, HUSA, PRTG, and EC
Should you be buying Mexco Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mexco Energy include Battalion Oil (BATL), PEDEVCO (PED), PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT), Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL), Indonesia Energy (INDO), U.S. Energy (USEG), Barnwell Industries (BRN), Houston American Energy (HUSA), Portage Biotech (PRTG), and Ecopetrol (EC). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Battalion Oil (NYSE:BATL) and Mexco Energy (NYSE:MXC) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Mexco Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Battalion Oil. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mexco Energy and 0 mentions for Battalion Oil. Battalion Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Mexco Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Mexco Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Battalion Oil received 1 more outperform votes than Mexco Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 16.67% of users gave Battalion Oil an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Mexco Energy an outperform vote.
Mexco Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Battalion Oil. Battalion Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mexco Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mexco Energy has a net margin of 28.37% compared to Mexco Energy's net margin of -27.77%. Battalion Oil's return on equity of 11.61% beat Mexco Energy's return on equity.
Battalion Oil has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mexco Energy has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
86.0% of Battalion Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of Mexco Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 56.9% of Battalion Oil shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.0% of Mexco Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Battalion Oil currently has a consensus price target of $18.60, suggesting a potential upside of 228.91%. Given Mexco Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Battalion Oil is more favorable than Mexco Energy.
Summary
Mexco Energy beats Battalion Oil on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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