Birchcliff Energy (BIR) Competitors

PrairieSky Royalty (TSE:PSK) and Birchcliff Energy (TSE:BIR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is PSK or BIR more profitable?

PrairieSky Royalty has a net margin of 42.28% compared to Birchcliff Energy's net margin of 2.04%. PrairieSky Royalty's return on equity of 7.83% beat Birchcliff Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PrairieSky Royalty	42.28%	7.83%	5.99%
Birchcliff Energy	2.04%	0.70%	1.82%

Which has more risk & volatility, PSK or BIR?

PrairieSky Royalty has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Birchcliff Energy has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PSK or BIR?

66.0% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.4% of Birchcliff Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Birchcliff Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PSK or BIR?

Birchcliff Energy received 128 more outperform votes than PrairieSky Royalty when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.10% of users gave PrairieSky Royalty an outperform vote while only 61.07% of users gave Birchcliff Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PrairieSky Royalty	Outperform Votes 498 61.10%	Underperform Votes 317 38.90%
Birchcliff Energy	Outperform Votes 626 61.07%	Underperform Votes 399 38.93%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PSK or BIR?

PrairieSky Royalty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Birchcliff Energy. PrairieSky Royalty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Birchcliff 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
PrairieSky Royalty	C$508.08M	12.28	C$214.83M	C$0.90	28.98
Birchcliff Energy	C$757.80M	2.38	C$15.45M	C$0.06	116.48

Does the media prefer PSK or BIR?

In the previous week, Birchcliff Energy had 5 more articles in the media than PrairieSky Royalty. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Birchcliff Energy and 3 mentions for PrairieSky Royalty. PrairieSky Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Birchcliff Energy's score of 0.62 indicating that PrairieSky Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PrairieSky Royalty	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Birchcliff Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend PSK or BIR?

PrairieSky Royalty presently has a consensus target price of C$30.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.23%. Birchcliff Energy has a consensus target price of C$7.04, indicating a potential upside of 5.80%. Given PrairieSky Royalty's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PrairieSky Royalty is more favorable than Birchcliff Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PrairieSky Royalty	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Birchcliff Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.22

Is PSK or BIR a better dividend stock?

PrairieSky Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Birchcliff Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. PrairieSky Royalty pays out 110.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Birchcliff Energy pays out 700.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

PrairieSky Royalty beats Birchcliff Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.