PEDEVCO (PED) Competitors

Gran Tierra Energy (NYSE:GTE) and PEDEVCO (NYSE:PED) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is GTE or PED more profitable?

Gran Tierra Energy has a net margin of 7.17% compared to PEDEVCO's net margin of 6.57%. Gran Tierra Energy's return on equity of 11.36% beat PEDEVCO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gran Tierra Energy	7.17%	11.36%	3.28%
PEDEVCO	6.57%	1.58%	1.39%

Do analysts recommend GTE or PED?

PEDEVCO has a consensus price target of $1.63, suggesting a potential upside of 123.52%. Given PEDEVCO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PEDEVCO is more favorable than Gran Tierra Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gran Tierra 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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GTE or PED?

Gran Tierra Energy received 2 more outperform votes than PEDEVCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.50% of users gave Gran Tierra Energy an outperform vote while only 4.17% of users gave PEDEVCO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gran Tierra Energy	Outperform Votes 5 62.50%	Underperform Votes 3 37.50%
PEDEVCO	Outperform Votes 3 4.17%	Underperform Votes 69 95.83%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GTE or PED?

31.7% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of PEDEVCO shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.6% of PEDEVCO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, GTE or PED?

PEDEVCO has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gran Tierra Energy. Gran Tierra 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
Gran Tierra Energy	$621.85M	0.29	-$6.29M	$0.16	31.75
PEDEVCO	$35.72M	1.82	$260K	$0.02	36.35

Does the media favor GTE or PED?

In the previous week, Gran Tierra Energy had 3 more articles in the media than PEDEVCO. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Gran Tierra Energy and 1 mentions for PEDEVCO. Gran Tierra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat PEDEVCO's score of 0.00 indicating that Gran Tierra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gran Tierra Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 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

Which has more risk and volatility, GTE or PED?

Gran Tierra Energy has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PEDEVCO has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Gran Tierra Energy beats PEDEVCO on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.