Frontera Energy (FEC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NVA or FEC?

30.0% of NuVista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.2% of Frontera Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of NuVista Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Frontera Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer NVA or FEC?

NuVista Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$15.97, indicating a potential upside of 22.58%. Frontera Energy has a consensus price target of C$11.50, indicating a potential upside of 47.06%. Given Frontera Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Frontera Energy is more favorable than NuVista Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NuVista Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Frontera Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NVA or FEC?

NuVista Energy received 585 more outperform votes than Frontera Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.85% of users gave NuVista Energy an outperform vote while only 58.31% of users gave Frontera Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NuVista Energy	Outperform Votes 771 71.85%	Underperform Votes 302 28.15%
Frontera Energy	Outperform Votes 186 58.31%	Underperform Votes 133 41.69%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NVA or FEC?

NuVista Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Frontera Energy. Frontera Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NuVista 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
NuVista Energy	C$1.23B	2.18	C$346.58M	C$1.61	8.09
Frontera Energy	C$1.15B	0.57	C$113.27M	C$1.73	4.52

Is NVA or FEC more profitable?

NuVista Energy has a net margin of 28.29% compared to Frontera Energy's net margin of 9.82%. NuVista Energy's return on equity of 16.18% beat Frontera Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NuVista Energy	28.29%	16.18%	9.79%
Frontera Energy	9.82%	6.47%	3.95%

Does the media refer more to NVA or FEC?

In the previous week, NuVista Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Frontera Energy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for NuVista Energy and 1 mentions for Frontera Energy. NuVista Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Frontera Energy's score of 1.33 indicating that NuVista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NuVista Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Frontera Energy	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, NVA or FEC?

NuVista Energy has a beta of 2.57, suggesting that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontera Energy has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NuVista Energy beats Frontera Energy on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.