Petrus Resources (PRQ) Competitors

Petrus Resources (TSE:PRQ) and Spartan Delta (TSE:SDE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PRQ or SDE?

Petrus Resources received 158 more outperform votes than Spartan Delta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.87% of users gave Petrus Resources an outperform vote while only 47.01% of users gave Spartan Delta an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Petrus Resources	Outperform Votes 221 63.87%	Underperform Votes 125 36.13%
Spartan Delta	Outperform Votes 63 47.01%	Underperform Votes 71 52.99%

Do analysts rate PRQ or SDE?

Petrus Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.64%. Spartan Delta has a consensus price target of C$5.91, suggesting a potential upside of 111.69%. Given Spartan Delta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Spartan Delta is more favorable than Petrus Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Petrus Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Spartan Delta	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.57

Is PRQ or SDE more profitable?

Petrus Resources has a net margin of 50.04% compared to Spartan Delta's net margin of 49.71%. Spartan Delta's return on equity of 31.12% beat Petrus Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Petrus Resources	50.04%	13.71%	1.66%
Spartan Delta	49.71%	31.12%	2.90%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PRQ or SDE?

0.1% of Petrus Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Spartan Delta shares are owned by institutional investors. 75.2% of Petrus Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of Spartan Delta shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PRQ or SDE?

Spartan Delta has higher revenue and earnings than Petrus Resources. Spartan Delta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Petrus 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
Petrus Resources	C$85.99M	1.93	C$43.04M	C$0.34	3.89
Spartan Delta	C$324.48M	1.72	C$161.31M	C$0.80	3.48

Which has more risk & volatility, PRQ or SDE?

Petrus Resources has a beta of 3.02, indicating that its share price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spartan Delta has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor PRQ or SDE?

In the previous week, Spartan Delta had 1 more articles in the media than Petrus Resources. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Spartan Delta and 4 mentions for Petrus Resources. Petrus Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Spartan Delta's score of 0.47 indicating that Petrus Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Petrus Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Spartan Delta	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Spartan Delta beats Petrus Resources on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.