HPK vs. VAL, RIG, PTEN, HP, PDS, BORR, NBR, ICD, AMNI, and MTDR
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 Matador Resources (MTDR). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Valaris (NYSE:VAL) and HighPeak Energy (NASDAQ:HPK) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 77.5% of HighPeak Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valaris has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HighPeak Energy has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, HighPeak Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Valaris. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for HighPeak Energy and 4 mentions for Valaris. HighPeak Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Valaris' score of 0.18 indicating that Valaris is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Valaris presently has a consensus target price of $99.20, suggesting a potential upside of 28.17%. HighPeak Energy has a consensus target price of $23.60, suggesting a potential upside of 49.56%. Given Valaris' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HighPeak Energy is more favorable than Valaris.
Summary
Valaris beats HighPeak Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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