Valeura Energy (VLE) Competitors

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

Is VLE or FRU more profitable?

Freehold Royalties has a net margin of 42.42% compared to Valeura Energy's net margin of 13.30%. Valeura Energy's return on equity of 27.14% beat Freehold Royalties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Valeura Energy	13.30%	27.14%	12.90%
Freehold Royalties	42.42%	14.43%	10.42%

Does the media favor VLE or FRU?

In the previous week, Valeura Energy and Valeura Energy both had 2 articles in the media. Valeura Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Freehold Royalties' score of 0.48 indicating that Valeura Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Valeura Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Freehold Royalties	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VLE or FRU?

Freehold Royalties received 415 more outperform votes than Valeura Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.11% of users gave Valeura Energy an outperform vote while only 66.20% of users gave Freehold Royalties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Valeura Energy	Outperform Votes 153 67.11%	Underperform Votes 75 32.89%
Freehold Royalties	Outperform Votes 568 66.20%	Underperform Votes 290 33.80%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in VLE or FRU?

14.5% of Valeura Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.0% of Freehold Royalties shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Valeura Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Freehold Royalties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, VLE or FRU?

Valeura Energy has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freehold Royalties has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate VLE or FRU?

Valeura Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$9.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.48%. Freehold Royalties has a consensus target price of C$16.04, indicating a potential upside of 35.67%. Given Freehold Royalties' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Freehold Royalties is more favorable than Valeura Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Valeura Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Freehold Royalties	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Which has better valuation & earnings, VLE or FRU?

Freehold Royalties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Valeura Energy. Valeura Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freehold Royalties, 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
Valeura Energy	C$386.11M	1.33	C$51.34M	C$1.27	6.14
Freehold Royalties	C$311.95M	5.70	C$132.34M	C$0.88	13.40

Summary

Valeura Energy and Freehold Royalties tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.