BRN vs. PED, VOC, MVO, PRT, NINE, PVL, BATL, INDO, MXC, and HUSA
Should you be buying Barnwell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnwell Industries include PEDEVCO (PED), VOC Energy Trust (VOC), MV Oil Trust (MVO), PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT), Nine Energy Service (NINE), Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL), Battalion Oil (BATL), Indonesia Energy (INDO), Mexco Energy (MXC), and Houston American Energy (HUSA). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Barnwell Industries vs.
PEDEVCO (NYSE:PED) and Barnwell Industries (NYSE:BRN) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
PEDEVCO received 2 more outperform votes than Barnwell Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 3.03% of users gave PEDEVCO an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Barnwell Industries an outperform vote.
PEDEVCO has higher revenue and earnings than Barnwell Industries. Barnwell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PEDEVCO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PEDEVCO has a net margin of 6.57% compared to Barnwell Industries' net margin of -34.01%. PEDEVCO's return on equity of 1.58% beat Barnwell Industries' return on equity.
PEDEVCO has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnwell Industries has a beta of 0.02, suggesting that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Barnwell Industries had 1 more articles in the media than PEDEVCO. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Barnwell Industries and 0 mentions for PEDEVCO. PEDEVCO's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Barnwell Industries'average media sentiment score.
PEDEVCO presently has a consensus target price of $1.63, indicating a potential upside of 113.79%. Given PEDEVCO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe PEDEVCO is more favorable than Barnwell Industries.
3.3% of PEDEVCO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Barnwell Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 70.6% of PEDEVCO 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
PEDEVCO beats Barnwell Industries on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BRN) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
