El Paso (EP) Competitors

Granite Ridge Resources (NYSE:GRNT) and El Paso (NYSE:EP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer GRNT or EP?

Granite Ridge Resources presently has a consensus price target of $7.60, suggesting a potential upside of 20.35%. Given Granite Ridge Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Granite Ridge Resources is more favorable than El Paso.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Granite Ridge Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
El Paso	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GRNT or EP?

Granite Ridge Resources has higher revenue and earnings than El Paso. El Paso is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Ridge Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Granite Ridge Resources	$394.07M	2.10	$81.10M	$0.36	17.54
El Paso	$40.08M	5.08	-$20.85M	-$0.62	-9.76

Does the media refer more to GRNT or EP?

In the previous week, El Paso had 21 more articles in the media than Granite Ridge Resources. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for El Paso and 1 mentions for Granite Ridge Resources. El Paso's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Granite Ridge Resources' score of -0.08 indicating that El Paso is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Granite Ridge Resources	Neutral
El Paso	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GRNT or EP?

El Paso received 99 more outperform votes than Granite Ridge Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.88% of users gave El Paso an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Granite Ridge Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Granite Ridge Resources	Outperform Votes 4 57.14%	Underperform Votes 3 42.86%
El Paso	Outperform Votes 103 66.88%	Underperform Votes 51 33.12%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GRNT or EP?

31.6% of Granite Ridge Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Granite Ridge Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.8% of El Paso shares are held by company 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, GRNT or EP?

Granite Ridge Resources has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, El Paso has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GRNT or EP more profitable?

Granite Ridge Resources has a net margin of 12.59% compared to El Paso's net margin of 0.00%. Granite Ridge Resources' return on equity of 11.58% beat El Paso's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Granite Ridge Resources	12.59%	11.58%	7.89%
El Paso	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Granite Ridge Resources beats El Paso on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.