Barnwell Industries (BRN) Competitors $1.14 +0.03 (+2.23%) Closing price 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$1.14 -0.01 (-0.87%) As of 05:14 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BRN vs. USEG, INDO, NINE, KLXE, BATL, RCON, MXC, HUSA, NEHC, and GBRShould you be buying Barnwell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barnwell Industries include U.S. Energy (USEG), Indonesia Energy (INDO), Nine Energy Service (NINE), KLX Energy Services (KLXE), Battalion Oil (BATL), Recon Technology (RCON), Mexco Energy (MXC), Houston American Energy (HUSA), New Era Helium (NEHC), and New Concept Energy (GBR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry. Barnwell Industries vs. Its Competitors U.S. Energy Indonesia Energy Nine Energy Service KLX Energy Services Battalion Oil Recon Technology Mexco Energy Houston American Energy New Era Helium New Concept Energy U.S. Energy (NASDAQ:USEG) and Barnwell Industries (NYSE:BRN) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends. Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in USEG or BRN? 3.0% of U.S. Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of Barnwell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 61.0% of U.S. Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of Barnwell Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts recommend USEG or BRN? U.S. Energy presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 186.89%. Given U.S. Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe U.S. Energy is more favorable than Barnwell Industries.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score U.S. Energy 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Barnwell Industries 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Is USEG or BRN more profitable? Barnwell Industries has a net margin of -34.01% compared to U.S. Energy's net margin of -111.12%. U.S. Energy's return on equity of -43.67% beat Barnwell Industries' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets U.S. Energy-111.12% -43.67% -23.49% Barnwell Industries -34.01%-48.90%-22.57% Does the media refer more to USEG or BRN? In the previous week, U.S. Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Barnwell Industries. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for U.S. Energy and 0 mentions for Barnwell Industries. Barnwell Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat U.S. Energy's score of -0.37 indicating that Barnwell Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment U.S. Energy Neutral Barnwell Industries Neutral Which has more volatility and risk, USEG or BRN? U.S. Energy has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnwell Industries has a beta of -0.33, indicating that its stock price is 133% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has higher earnings and valuation, USEG or BRN? 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioU.S. Energy$20.62M2.01-$25.78M-$0.70-1.74Barnwell Industries$19.39M0.59-$5.57M-$0.62-1.85 SummaryU.S. Energy beats Barnwell Industries on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Barnwell Industries News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BRN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BRN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BRN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBarnwell IndustriesCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$11.51M$1.12B$7.79B$21.15BDividend YieldN/A180.41%10.91%3.58%P/E Ratio-1.685.3665.3827.76Price / Sales0.596.1242,445.5658.69Price / Cash38.437.0936.2023.00Price / Book1.022.064.044.67Net Income-$5.57M-$115.92M$4.25B$993.85M7 Day Performance-2.14%-0.85%1.87%1.16%1 Month Performance-7.66%-7.49%3.53%4.99%1 Year Performance-51.07%-1.96%14.69%12.54% Barnwell Industries Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BRNBarnwell Industries0.2282 of 5 stars$1.15+2.2%N/A-50.2%$11.51M$19.39M-1.6840USEGU.S. Energy2.546 of 5 stars$1.22-4.7%$3.50+186.9%+20.0%$43.51M$20.62M0.0020News CoverageInsider TradeINDOIndonesia Energy0.6153 of 5 stars$2.73-4.2%N/A+29.4%$39.62M$2.67M0.0060NINENine Energy Service0.3535 of 5 stars$0.76-2.8%N/A-56.8%$33.15M$554.10M-0.721,077KLXEKLX Energy Services0.1331 of 5 stars$1.92+7.9%N/A-68.6%$31.25M$709.30M-0.551,726BATLBattalion Oil0.8303 of 5 stars$1.34-0.7%N/A-61.1%$22.05M$191.50M-1.6760RCONRecon Technology0.5759 of 5 stars$2.58+3.6%N/A+57.8%$19.89M$9.48M0.00190MXCMexco EnergyN/A$8.04+2.9%N/A-27.9%$16.44M$7.36M12.765Gap UpHUSAHouston American Energy0.1533 of 5 stars$9.94-10.3%N/A-11.0%$15.60M$514.84K-31.062NEHCNew Era HeliumN/A$0.50-0.6%N/AN/A$7.21M$530K0.00N/AGap UpGBRNew Concept EnergyN/A$0.94-0.7%N/A-37.5%$4.84M$148K-31.433Gap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies U.S. Energy Competitors Indonesia Energy Competitors Nine Energy Service Competitors KLX Energy Services Competitors Battalion Oil Competitors Recon Technology Competitors Mexco Energy Competitors Houston American Energy Competitors New Era Helium Competitors New Concept Energy Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:BRN) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s BIGGEST warning yet?Tesla's About to Prove Everyone Wrong... 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