IPO vs. OBE, SGY, CEI, SNM, TNZ, KEI, LGN, PNE, LOU, and SEI
Should you be buying InPlay Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of InPlay Oil include Obsidian Energy (OBE), Surge Energy (SGY), Coelacanth Energy (CEI), ShaMaran Petroleum (SNM), Tenaz Energy (TNZ), Kolibri Global Energy (KEI), Logan Energy (LGN), Pine Cliff Energy (PNE), Lucero Energy (LOU), and Sintana Energy (SEI). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
InPlay Oil vs.
InPlay Oil (TSE:IPO) 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 institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.
1.5% of InPlay Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Obsidian Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 25.3% of InPlay Oil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Obsidian Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 58.24% of users gave Obsidian Energy an outperform vote.
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.
InPlay Oil has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Obsidian Energy has a beta of 2.3, suggesting that its share price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Obsidian Energy has a net margin of 16.27% compared to InPlay Oil's net margin of 12.95%. Obsidian Energy's return on equity of 6.99% beat InPlay Oil's return on equity.
In the previous week, Obsidian Energy had 2 more articles in the media than InPlay Oil. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Obsidian Energy and 1 mentions for InPlay Oil. Obsidian Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat InPlay Oil's score of -0.10 indicating that Obsidian Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
InPlay Oil pays an annual dividend of C$0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Obsidian Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. InPlay Oil pays out 85.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Obsidian Energy pays out 2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
InPlay Oil currently has a consensus price target of C$3.25, indicating a potential upside of 95.78%. Obsidian Energy has a consensus price target of C$13.00, indicating a potential upside of 49.77%. Given InPlay Oil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe InPlay Oil is more favorable than Obsidian Energy.
Summary
Obsidian Energy beats InPlay Oil on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:IPO) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
