BIR vs. AAV, HWX, KEL, CJ, FRU, OBE, FEC, IPCO, SDE, and SGY Should you be buying Birchcliff Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Birchcliff Energy include Advantage Energy (AAV), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Cardinal Energy (CJ), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Frontera Energy (FEC), International Petroleum (IPCO), Spartan Delta (SDE), and Surge Energy (SGY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Advantage Energy (TSE:AAV ) and Birchcliff Energy (TSE:BIR ) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Advantage Energy has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Birchcliff Energy has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Advantage Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Birchcliff Energy. Advantage Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Birchcliff Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Advantage Energy has a net margin of 18.74% compared to Advantage Energy's net margin of 1.40%. Birchcliff Energy's return on equity of 6.06% beat Advantage Energy's return on equity.
Birchcliff Energy received 195 more outperform votes than Advantage Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.99% of users gave Advantage Energy an outperform vote while only 61.25% of users gave Birchcliff Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Birchcliff Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Advantage Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Birchcliff Energy and 1 mentions for Advantage Energy. Birchcliff Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Advantage Energy's score of 0.28 indicating that Advantage Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
43.1% of Advantage Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of Birchcliff Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Advantage Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Birchcliff Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Advantage Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$12.73, indicating a potential upside of 15.91%. Birchcliff Energy has a consensus price target of C$6.42, indicating a potential upside of 6.59%. Given Birchcliff Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Advantage Energy is more favorable than Birchcliff Energy.
Summary Advantage Energy beats Birchcliff Energy on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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