AAV vs. HWX, BIR, FRU, IPCO, KEL, CJ, PXT, VET, NVA, and OBE
Should you be buying Advantage Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advantage Energy include Headwater Exploration (HWX), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Freehold Royalties (FRU), International Petroleum (IPCO), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Cardinal Energy (CJ), Parex Resources (PXT), Vermilion Energy (VET), NuVista Energy (NVA), and Obsidian Energy (OBE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Advantage Energy (TSE:AAV) and Headwater Exploration (TSE:HWX) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Headwater Exploration has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Advantage Energy. Headwater Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advantage Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Advantage Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$12.73, indicating a potential upside of 15.91%. Headwater Exploration has a consensus price target of C$9.46, indicating a potential upside of 25.69%. Given Headwater Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Headwater Exploration is more favorable than Advantage Energy.
In the previous week, Advantage Energy and Advantage Energy both had 1 articles in the media. Advantage Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Headwater Exploration's score of 1.00 indicating that Advantage Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Advantage Energy has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Headwater Exploration has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Advantage Energy received 384 more outperform votes than Headwater Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.99% of users gave Advantage Energy an outperform vote while only 55.38% of users gave Headwater Exploration an outperform vote.
43.1% of Advantage Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Advantage Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Headwater Exploration has a net margin of 37.22% compared to Advantage Energy's net margin of 18.74%. Headwater Exploration's return on equity of 27.82% beat Advantage Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Headwater Exploration beats Advantage Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AAV and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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