Obsidian Energy (OBE) Competitors

Coro Mining (TSE:COP) and Obsidian Energy (TSE:OBE) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COP or OBE?

Obsidian Energy received 121 more outperform votes than Coro Mining when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.63% of users gave Coro Mining an outperform vote while only 58.40% of users gave Obsidian Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coro Mining	Outperform Votes 84 65.63%	Underperform Votes 44 34.38%
Obsidian Energy	Outperform Votes 205 58.40%	Underperform Votes 146 41.60%

Is COP or OBE more profitable?

Obsidian Energy has a net margin of 15.81% compared to Coro Mining's net margin of 0.00%. Obsidian Energy's return on equity of 6.56% beat Coro Mining's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coro Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A
Obsidian Energy	15.81%	6.56%	4.88%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, COP or OBE?

Obsidian Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Coro Mining. Coro Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Obsidian 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
Coro Mining	N/A	N/A	N/A	-C$0.01	N/A
Obsidian Energy	C$683.80M	0.89	C$108.10M	C$1.31	6.15

Does the media prefer COP or OBE?

In the previous week, Obsidian Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Coro Mining. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Obsidian Energy and 0 mentions for Coro Mining. Coro Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Obsidian Energy's score of -0.10 indicating that Coro Mining is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Coro Mining	Neutral
Obsidian Energy	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of COP 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is COP or OBE a better dividend stock?

Coro Mining pays an annual dividend of C$1.14 per share. Obsidian Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Coro Mining pays out -11,400.0% 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.

Do analysts recommend COP or OBE?

Obsidian Energy has a consensus price target of C$12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.07%. Given Obsidian Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Obsidian Energy is more favorable than Coro Mining.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coro Mining	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)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Summary

Obsidian Energy beats Coro Mining on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.