Mexco Energy (MXC) Competitors

Mexco Energy (NYSE:MXC) and PEDEVCO (NYSE:PED) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and community ranking.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, MXC or PED?

Mexco Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PEDEVCO. Mexco Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PEDEVCO, 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
Mexco Energy	$7.16M	2.33	$1.35M	$0.63	12.97
PEDEVCO	$35.72M	1.75	$260K	$0.02	35.00

Do analysts recommend MXC or PED?

PEDEVCO has a consensus target price of $1.63, suggesting a potential upside of 132.14%. Given PEDEVCO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PEDEVCO is more favorable than Mexco Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mexco Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
PEDEVCO	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, MXC or PED?

Mexco Energy has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PEDEVCO has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MXC or PED?

PEDEVCO received 3 more outperform votes than Mexco Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 4.17% of users gave PEDEVCO an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Mexco Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mexco Energy	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 75 100.00%
PEDEVCO	Outperform Votes 3 4.17%	Underperform Votes 69 95.83%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MXC or PED?

5.9% of Mexco Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of PEDEVCO shares are held by institutional investors. 53.0% of Mexco Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.6% of PEDEVCO shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer MXC or PED?

In the previous week, Mexco Energy and Mexco Energy both had 1 articles in the media. Mexco Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat PEDEVCO's score of 0.00 indicating that Mexco Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mexco Energy	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PEDEVCO	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is MXC or PED more profitable?

Mexco Energy has a net margin of 18.73% compared to PEDEVCO's net margin of 6.57%. Mexco Energy's return on equity of 7.57% beat PEDEVCO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mexco Energy	18.73%	7.57%	6.94%
PEDEVCO	6.57%	1.58%	1.39%

Summary

Mexco Energy beats PEDEVCO on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.