Tenaz Energy (TNZ) Competitors

Advantage Energy (TSE:AAV) and Tenaz Energy (TSE:TNZ) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer AAV or TNZ?

Advantage Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$13.21, indicating a potential upside of 40.96%. Given Advantage Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Advantage Energy is more favorable than Tenaz Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Advantage Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Tenaz Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor AAV or TNZ?

In the previous week, Advantage Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Tenaz Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Advantage Energy and 0 mentions for Tenaz Energy. Advantage Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Tenaz Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Advantage Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Advantage Energy	Very Positive
Tenaz Energy	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AAV or TNZ?

Advantage Energy received 424 more outperform votes than Tenaz Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave Advantage Energy an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Tenaz Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Advantage Energy	Outperform Votes 427 66.30%	Underperform Votes 217 33.70%
Tenaz Energy	Outperform Votes 3 50.00%	Underperform Votes 3 50.00%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AAV or TNZ?

39.7% of Advantage Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.8% of Tenaz Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Advantage Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Tenaz Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is AAV or TNZ more profitable?

Tenaz Energy has a net margin of 40.28% compared to Advantage Energy's net margin of 16.05%. Tenaz Energy's return on equity of 29.54% beat Advantage Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Advantage Energy	16.05%	5.02%	3.86%
Tenaz Energy	40.28%	29.54%	-2.17%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AAV or TNZ?

Advantage Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Tenaz Energy. Tenaz Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advantage 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
Advantage Energy	C$501.15M	3.12	C$80.42M	C$0.47	19.94
Tenaz Energy	C$62.56M	6.62	C$25.20M	C$0.87	17.41

Which has more risk and volatility, AAV or TNZ?

Advantage Energy has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenaz Energy has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Advantage Energy beats Tenaz Energy on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.