Advantage Energy (AAV) Competitors

Advantage Energy (TSE:AAV) and Veren (TSE:VRN) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Does the media refer more to AAV or VRN?

In the previous week, Advantage Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Veren. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Advantage Energy and 0 mentions for Veren. Advantage Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Veren's score of 0.00 indicating that Advantage Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Advantage Energy	Positive
Veren	Neutral

Do analysts prefer AAV or VRN?

Advantage Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$13.85, indicating a potential upside of 30.17%. Veren has a consensus target price of C$11.74, indicating a potential upside of 21.99%. Given Advantage Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Advantage Energy is more favorable than Veren.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Advantage Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Veren	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AAV or VRN?

Advantage Energy received 420 more outperform votes than Veren when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Veren an outperform vote while only 66.15% of users gave Advantage Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Advantage Energy	Outperform Votes 430 66.15%	Underperform Votes 220 33.85%
Veren	Outperform Votes 10 66.67%	Underperform Votes 5 33.33%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AAV or VRN?

39.7% of Advantage Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Advantage Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AAV or VRN?

Veren has higher revenue and earnings than Advantage Energy. Veren is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advantage Energy, 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
Advantage Energy	C$505.16M	3.50	C$45.34M	C$0.27	38.75
Veren	C$3.83B	1.54	C$1.07B	C$1.76	5.48

Is AAV or VRN more profitable?

Veren has a net margin of 27.98% compared to Advantage Energy's net margin of 8.98%. Veren's return on equity of 16.28% beat Advantage Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Advantage Energy	8.98%	2.87%	3.86%
Veren	27.98%	16.28%	N/A

Summary

Advantage Energy beats Veren on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.