SGY vs. IPCO, VET, FRU, HWX, AAV, BIR, PXT, KEL, CR, and CJ
Should you be buying Surge Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Surge Energy include International Petroleum (IPCO), Vermilion Energy (VET), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Advantage Energy (AAV), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Parex Resources (PXT), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Crew Energy (CR), and Cardinal Energy (CJ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Surge Energy vs.
Surge Energy (TSE:SGY) and International Petroleum (TSE:IPCO) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Surge Energy has a beta of 2.54, indicating that its share price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Petroleum has a beta of 2.38, indicating that its share price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Surge Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$10.88, indicating a potential upside of 84.32%. International Petroleum has a consensus target price of C$21.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.53%. Given Surge Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Surge Energy is more favorable than International Petroleum.
International Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Surge Energy. Surge Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Surge Energy had 3 more articles in the media than International Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Surge Energy and 1 mentions for International Petroleum. Surge Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat International Petroleum's score of 0.40 indicating that Surge Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
5.2% of Surge Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.7% of International Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Surge Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.6% of International Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Surge Energy received 228 more outperform votes than International Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.19% of users gave Surge Energy an outperform vote while only 55.75% of users gave International Petroleum an outperform vote.
International Petroleum has a net margin of 20.46% compared to Surge Energy's net margin of -14.28%. International Petroleum's return on equity of 17.99% beat Surge Energy's return on equity.
Summary
International Petroleum beats Surge Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:SGY) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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