Valeura Energy (VLE) Competitors

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

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%

Do institutionals and 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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 66.43% 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 66.43%	Underperform Votes 287 33.57%

Do analysts recommend VLE or FRU?

Valeura Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$10.75, indicating a potential upside of 32.39%. Freehold Royalties has a consensus price target of C$17.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.24%. Given Freehold Royalties' higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Which has more risk & volatility, VLE or FRU?

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	1.38	C$51.34M	C$1.27	6.38
Freehold Royalties	C$311.95M	6.06	C$132.34M	C$0.88	14.25

Does the media favor VLE or FRU?

In the previous week, Valeura Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Freehold Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Valeura Energy and 1 mentions for Freehold Royalties. Valeura Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Freehold Royalties' score of 0.00 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Freehold Royalties	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Valeura Energy and Freehold Royalties tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.