Pine Cliff Energy (PNE) Competitors

Pine Cliff Energy (TSE:PNE) and Parex Resources (TSE:PXT) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PNE or PXT?

Parex Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Pine Cliff Energy. Pine Cliff Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Parex Resources, 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
Pine Cliff Energy	C$183.28M	1.13	-C$15.17M	-C$0.04	-13.76
Parex Resources	C$960.46M	0.85	C$183.23M	C$3.66	3.19

Do analysts recommend PNE or PXT?

Pine Cliff Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$1.01, indicating a potential upside of 77.63%. Parex Resources has a consensus price target of C$20.21, indicating a potential upside of 73.51%. Given Pine Cliff Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Pine Cliff Energy is more favorable than Parex Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pine Cliff Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Parex Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Is PNE or PXT a better dividend stock?

Pine Cliff Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Parex Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. Pine Cliff Energy pays out -144.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parex Resources pays out 42.1% 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.

Is PNE or PXT more profitable?

Parex Resources has a net margin of 19.08% compared to Pine Cliff Energy's net margin of -8.28%. Parex Resources' return on equity of 13.52% beat Pine Cliff Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pine Cliff Energy	-8.28%	-18.45%	-1.78%
Parex Resources	19.08%	13.52%	15.28%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PNE or PXT?

Parex Resources received 127 more outperform votes than Pine Cliff Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.53% of users gave Parex Resources an outperform vote while only 61.84% of users gave Pine Cliff Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pine Cliff Energy	Outperform Votes 295 61.84%	Underperform Votes 182 38.16%
Parex Resources	Outperform Votes 422 65.53%	Underperform Votes 222 34.47%

Which has more risk & volatility, PNE or PXT?

Pine Cliff Energy has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parex Resources has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PNE or PXT?

11.6% of Pine Cliff Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.9% of Parex Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Pine Cliff Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Parex Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer PNE or PXT?

In the previous week, Pine Cliff Energy and Pine Cliff Energy both had 5 articles in the media. Parex Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Pine Cliff Energy's score of 0.08 indicating that Parex Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pine Cliff Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Parex Resources	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Parex Resources beats Pine Cliff Energy on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.