Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common (HAL) Competitors

Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common (TSE:HAL) and Obsidian Energy (TSE:OBE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, HAL or OBE?

Obsidian Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Obsidian Energy	C$716.89M	0.65	C$116.66M	C$1.53	4.02

Do analysts recommend HAL or OBE?

Obsidian Energy has a consensus target price of C$11.33, indicating a potential upside of 83.68%. Given Obsidian Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Obsidian Energy is more favorable than Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Obsidian Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is HAL or OBE a better dividend stock?

Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common pays an annual dividend of C$0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Obsidian Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Obsidian Energy pays out 2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is HAL or OBE more profitable?

Obsidian Energy has a net margin of 16.27% compared to Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common's net margin of 0.00%. Obsidian Energy's return on equity of 6.99% beat Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common	N/A	N/A	N/A
Obsidian Energy	16.27%	6.99%	4.88%

Does the media favor HAL or OBE?

In the previous week, Obsidian Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Obsidian Energy and 0 mentions for Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common. Obsidian Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common's score of 0.00 indicating that Obsidian Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common	Neutral
Obsidian Energy	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HAL or OBE?

Obsidian Energy received 17 more outperform votes than Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.03% of users gave Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common an outperform vote while only 57.91% of users gave Obsidian Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common	Outperform Votes 188 81.03%	Underperform Votes 44 18.97%
Obsidian Energy	Outperform Votes 205 57.91%	Underperform Votes 149 42.09%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HAL or OBE?

27.4% of Obsidian Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Obsidian 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.

Summary

Obsidian Energy beats Global X Active Canadian Dividend ETF Common on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.