USEG vs. AMPY, GTE, PROP, NEHC, TUSK, EPSN, KLXE, PED, NCSM, and VOC
Should you be buying U.S. Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U.S. Energy include Amplify Energy (AMPY), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Prairie Operating (PROP), New Era Helium (NEHC), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), Epsilon Energy (EPSN), KLX Energy Services (KLXE), PEDEVCO (PED), NCS Multistage (NCSM), and VOC Energy Trust (VOC). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
U.S. Energy vs.
U.S. Energy (NASDAQ:USEG) and Amplify Energy (NYSE:AMPY) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.
U.S. Energy has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amplify Energy has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, U.S. Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Amplify Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for U.S. Energy and 2 mentions for Amplify Energy. U.S. Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Amplify Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that U.S. Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
U.S. Energy received 186 more outperform votes than Amplify Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Amplify Energy an outperform vote while only 51.31% of users gave U.S. Energy an outperform vote.
Amplify Energy has higher revenue and earnings than U.S. Energy. U.S. Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amplify Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
U.S. Energy presently has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 79.49%. Amplify Energy has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 98.61%. Given Amplify Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amplify Energy is more favorable than U.S. Energy.
3.0% of U.S. Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Amplify Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 70.9% of U.S. Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Amplify Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Amplify Energy has a net margin of 20.99% compared to U.S. Energy's net margin of -141.51%. Amplify Energy's return on equity of 16.22% beat U.S. Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Amplify Energy beats U.S. Energy on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:USEG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
