Prairie Provident Resources (PPR) Competitors

Hemisphere Energy (CVE:HME) and Prairie Provident Resources (TSE:PPR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HME or PPR?

0.7% of Hemisphere Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Prairie Provident Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Hemisphere Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 77.5% of Prairie Provident Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend HME or PPR?

Hemisphere Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$1.90, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Hemisphere Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hemisphere Energy is more favorable than Prairie Provident Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hemisphere Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Prairie Provident Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is HME or PPR more profitable?

Hemisphere Energy has a net margin of 33.50% compared to Prairie Provident Resources' net margin of -56.01%. Hemisphere Energy's return on equity of 43.88% beat Prairie Provident Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hemisphere Energy	33.50%	43.88%	27.24%
Prairie Provident Resources	-56.01%	N/A	-0.64%

Does the media refer more to HME or PPR?

In the previous week, Hemisphere Energy and Hemisphere Energy both had 1 articles in the media. Hemisphere Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Prairie Provident Resources' score of 0.71 indicating that Hemisphere Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hemisphere Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Prairie Provident Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HME or PPR?

Hemisphere Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Prairie Provident Resources. Prairie Provident Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hemisphere 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
Hemisphere Energy	C$88.42M	2.11	C$29.62M	C$0.30	6.34
Prairie Provident Resources	C$54.09M	0.78	-C$30.30M	-C$0.04	-1.13

Is HME or PPR a better dividend stock?

Hemisphere Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Prairie Provident Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 177.8%. Hemisphere Energy pays out 33.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prairie Provident Resources pays out -200.0% 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. Prairie Provident Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HME or PPR?

Prairie Provident Resources received 44 more outperform votes than Hemisphere Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.05% of users gave Hemisphere Energy an outperform vote while only 65.38% of users gave Prairie Provident Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hemisphere Energy	Outperform Votes 58 69.05%	Underperform Votes 26 30.95%
Prairie Provident Resources	Outperform Votes 102 65.38%	Underperform Votes 54 34.62%

Which has more risk and volatility, HME or PPR?

Hemisphere Energy has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prairie Provident Resources has a beta of 2.52, indicating that its stock price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hemisphere Energy beats Prairie Provident Resources on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.