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Frontera Energy (FEC) Competitors

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C$9.28 +0.47 (+5.33%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

FEC vs. BTE, ATH, NVA, VET, IPCO, FRU, AAV, HWX, PXT, and BIR

Should you be buying Frontera Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Frontera Energy include Baytex Energy (BTE), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), Vermilion Energy (VET), International Petroleum (IPCO), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Advantage Energy (AAV), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Parex Resources (PXT), and Birchcliff Energy (BIR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Frontera Energy vs.

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

Frontera Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Baytex Energy. Baytex Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontera Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Frontera EnergyC$1.15B0.68C$113.27MC$1.735.36
Baytex EnergyC$3.43B0.90-C$408.54M-C$0.69-5.54

58.2% of Frontera Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Frontera Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Baytex Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Frontera Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Baytex Energy and 0 mentions for Frontera Energy. Frontera Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Baytex Energy's score of -0.06 indicating that Frontera Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Frontera Energy Neutral
Baytex Energy Neutral

Baytex Energy received 324 more outperform votes than Frontera Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.31% of users gave Frontera Energy an outperform vote while only 56.48% of users gave Baytex Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Frontera EnergyOutperform Votes
186
58.31%
Underperform Votes
133
41.69%
Baytex EnergyOutperform Votes
510
56.48%
Underperform Votes
393
43.52%

Frontera Energy has a net margin of 9.82% compared to Baytex Energy's net margin of -11.92%. Frontera Energy's return on equity of 6.47% beat Baytex Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Frontera Energy9.82% 6.47% 3.95%
Baytex Energy -11.92%-9.55%-0.08%

Frontera Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$11.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.92%. Baytex Energy has a consensus price target of C$5.74, indicating a potential upside of 50.38%. Given Baytex Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than Frontera Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Frontera Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Baytex Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Frontera Energy has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baytex Energy has a beta of 2.61, indicating that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Frontera Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Baytex Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Frontera Energy pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baytex Energy pays out -13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Frontera Energy and Baytex Energy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FEC vs. The Competition

MetricFrontera EnergyOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$781.28MC$1.40BC$4.15BC$6.16B
Dividend Yield3.08%8.12%7.23%5.38%
P/E Ratio5.36128.30100.3325.88
Price / Sales0.6821,881.5815,708.351,252.28
Price / Cash3.4592.2272.5882.72
Price / Book0.441.471.563.19
Net IncomeC$113.27MC$100.23MC$425.27MC$295.15M
7 Day Performance-0.11%0.27%0.80%0.78%
1 Month Performance17.32%10.58%6.53%1.21%
1 Year Performance17.02%44.86%26.71%38.64%

Frontera Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FEC
Frontera Energy
N/AC$9.28
+5.3%
C$11.50
+23.9%
+17.0%C$781.28MC$1.15B5.361,107
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.3087 of 5 stars
C$3.79
-0.5%
C$5.97
+57.4%
-6.4%C$3.05BC$3.43B-5.49220Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
ATH
Athabasca Oil
1.8786 of 5 stars
C$5.45
-2.2%
C$6.25
+14.7%
+18.8%C$2.96BC$1.31B36.33170Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
NVA
NuVista Energy
3.7924 of 5 stars
C$13.96
+0.4%
C$16.64
+19.2%
+22.0%C$2.88BC$1.23B8.6788Analyst Forecast
VET
Vermilion Energy
3.1943 of 5 stars
C$14.46
+1.3%
C$18.77
+29.8%
+1.0%C$2.25BC$1.81B-2.83720Positive News
IPCO
International Petroleum
1.2252 of 5 stars
C$17.61
-0.5%
C$21.00
+19.3%
+29.9%C$2.12BC$881.28M9.27N/AAnalyst Forecast
News Coverage
FRU
Freehold Royalties
2.3435 of 5 stars
C$13.21
+0.5%
C$17.06
+29.2%
-5.0%C$1.99BC$323.04M13.21N/ADividend Announcement
AAV
Advantage Energy
3.4966 of 5 stars
C$10.13
+2.0%
C$13.21
+30.4%
+14.4%C$1.69BC$501.15M21.5583Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
HWX
Headwater Exploration
4.1586 of 5 stars
C$6.86
+0.7%
C$9.38
+36.7%
+13.9%C$1.63BC$484.24M8.7935News Coverage
Positive News
PXT
Parex Resources
4.3891 of 5 stars
C$15.24
+0.3%
C$21.86
+43.4%
-34.1%C$1.54BC$1.21B3.64449Analyst Forecast
Positive News
BIR
Birchcliff Energy
3.3343 of 5 stars
C$5.62
+1.4%
C$6.45
+14.8%
+0.9%C$1.51BC$655.97M35.13218Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News

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