BRN vs. USEG, NINE, PVL, PRT, BATL, INDO, MXC, HUSA, RCON, and BPT
Should you be buying Barnwell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnwell Industries include U.S. Energy (USEG), Nine Energy Service (NINE), Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL), PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT), Battalion Oil (BATL), Indonesia Energy (INDO), Mexco Energy (MXC), Houston American Energy (HUSA), Recon Technology (RCON), and BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Barnwell Industries vs.
U.S. Energy (NASDAQ:USEG) and Barnwell Industries (NYSE:BRN) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.
U.S. Energy received 195 more outperform votes than Barnwell Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.59% of users gave U.S. Energy an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Barnwell Industries an outperform vote.
U.S. Energy has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnwell Industries has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.
U.S. Energy currently has a consensus target price of $2.00, indicating a potential downside of 13.79%. Given U.S. Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe U.S. Energy is more favorable than Barnwell Industries.
3.0% of U.S. Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Barnwell Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 70.9% of U.S. Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of Barnwell Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, U.S. Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Barnwell Industries. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for U.S. Energy and 3 mentions for Barnwell Industries. U.S. Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Barnwell Industries' score of 0.71 indicating that U.S. Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Barnwell Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than U.S. Energy. Barnwell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Barnwell Industries has a net margin of -25.62% compared to U.S. Energy's net margin of -141.51%. Barnwell Industries' return on equity of -35.54% beat U.S. Energy's return on equity.
Summary
U.S. Energy beats Barnwell Industries on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BRN) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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