Spartan Delta (SDE) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SDE or BTE?

28.4% of Spartan Delta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.4% of Spartan Delta shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, SDE or BTE?

Spartan Delta has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baytex Energy has a beta of 2.61, suggesting that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SDE or BTE?

Spartan Delta currently has a consensus price target of C$5.91, indicating a potential upside of 99.54%. Baytex Energy has a consensus price target of C$5.33, indicating a potential upside of 120.16%. Given Baytex Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than Spartan Delta.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spartan Delta	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.57
Baytex Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is SDE or BTE more profitable?

Spartan Delta has a net margin of 49.71% compared to Baytex Energy's net margin of -10.45%. Spartan Delta's return on equity of 31.12% beat Baytex Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spartan Delta	49.71%	31.12%	2.90%
Baytex Energy	-10.45%	-8.96%	-0.08%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SDE or BTE?

Baytex Energy received 447 more outperform votes than Spartan Delta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.11% of users gave Baytex Energy an outperform vote while only 47.01% of users gave Spartan Delta an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Spartan Delta	Outperform Votes 63 47.01%	Underperform Votes 71 52.99%
Baytex Energy	Outperform Votes 510 56.11%	Underperform Votes 399 43.89%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SDE or BTE?

Spartan Delta has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Baytex Energy. Baytex Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spartan Delta, 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
Spartan Delta	C$324.48M	1.83	C$161.31M	C$0.80	3.69
Baytex Energy	C$3.33B	0.57	-C$347.90M	-C$0.44	-5.51

Does the media prefer SDE or BTE?

In the previous week, Baytex Energy had 27 more articles in the media than Spartan Delta. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Baytex Energy and 3 mentions for Spartan Delta. Baytex Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Spartan Delta's score of 0.59 indicating that Baytex Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Spartan Delta	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Baytex Energy	17 Very Positive mention(s)	12 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Spartan Delta beats Baytex Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.