InPlay Oil (IPO) Competitors

InPlay Oil (TSE:IPO) and Obsidian Energy (TSE:OBE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IPO or OBE?

Obsidian Energy received 49 more outperform votes than InPlay Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.73% of users gave InPlay Oil an outperform vote while only 58.74% of users gave Obsidian Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
InPlay Oil	Outperform Votes 156 64.73%	Underperform Votes 85 35.27%
Obsidian Energy	Outperform Votes 205 58.74%	Underperform Votes 144 41.26%

Does the media prefer IPO or OBE?

In the previous week, InPlay Oil had 7 more articles in the media than Obsidian Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for InPlay Oil and 0 mentions for Obsidian Energy. InPlay Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Obsidian Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that InPlay Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
InPlay Oil	Neutral
Obsidian Energy	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in IPO or OBE?

1.5% of InPlay Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Obsidian Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.3% of InPlay Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer IPO or OBE?

InPlay Oil currently has a consensus price target of C$3.42, indicating a potential upside of 97.50%. Obsidian Energy has a consensus price target of C$14.00, indicating a potential upside of 80.65%. Given InPlay Oil's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe InPlay Oil is more favorable than Obsidian Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
InPlay Oil	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Obsidian Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Is IPO or OBE more profitable?

InPlay Oil has a net margin of 17.18% compared to Obsidian Energy's net margin of 15.81%. InPlay Oil's return on equity of 9.08% beat Obsidian Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InPlay Oil	17.18%	9.08%	4.44%
Obsidian Energy	15.81%	6.56%	4.88%

Which has more risk & volatility, IPO or OBE?

InPlay Oil has a beta of 2.37, meaning that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Obsidian Energy has a beta of 2.3, meaning that its share price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, IPO or OBE?

Obsidian Energy has higher revenue and earnings than InPlay Oil. Obsidian Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InPlay Oil, 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
InPlay Oil	C$152.44M	1.02	C$26.18M	C$0.29	5.97
Obsidian Energy	C$683.80M	0.86	C$108.10M	C$1.31	5.92

Is IPO or OBE a better dividend stock?

InPlay Oil pays an annual dividend of C$0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Obsidian Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. InPlay Oil pays out 62.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Obsidian Energy pays out 3.1% 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

InPlay Oil beats Obsidian Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.