Advantage Energy (AAV) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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 65.75% of users gave Advantage Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Advantage Energy	Outperform Votes 430 65.75%	Underperform Votes 224 34.25%
Veren	Outperform Votes 10 66.67%	Underperform Votes 5 33.33%

Do analysts prefer AAV or VRN?

Advantage Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.27%. Veren has a consensus target price of C$11.74, suggesting a potential upside of 38.38%. Given Veren's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Veren is more favorable than Advantage Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Advantage Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Veren	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	3.28	C$45.34M	C$0.27	36.34
Veren	C$3.83B	1.36	C$1.07B	C$1.76	4.83

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AAV or VRN?

39.7% of Advantage Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Advantage Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to AAV or VRN?

In the previous week, Advantage Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Veren. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Advantage Energy and 1 mentions for Veren. Advantage Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Veren's score of 0.00 indicating that Advantage Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Advantage Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Veren	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Veren beats Advantage Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.