VLE vs. IPCO, FRU, AAV, HWX, BIR, KEL, CJ, OBE, FEC, and SDE
Should you be buying Valeura Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valeura Energy include International Petroleum (IPCO), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Advantage Energy (AAV), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Kelt Exploration (KEL), Cardinal Energy (CJ), Obsidian Energy (OBE), Frontera Energy (FEC), and Spartan Delta (SDE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Valeura Energy (TSE:VLE) and International Petroleum (TSE:IPCO) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.
International Petroleum has a net margin of 19.26% compared to Valeura Energy's net margin of 5.19%. International Petroleum's return on equity of 17.16% beat Valeura Energy's return on equity.
18.6% of Valeura Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of International Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.6% of Valeura Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 34.4% of International Petroleum shares are owned 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.
International Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Valeura Energy. International Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valeura Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Valeura Energy received 56 more outperform votes than International Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.96% of users gave Valeura Energy an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave International Petroleum an outperform vote.
Valeura Energy has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Petroleum has a beta of 2.5, meaning that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Valeura Energy had 4 more articles in the media than International Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Valeura Energy and 0 mentions for International Petroleum. Valeura Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat International Petroleum's score of 0.00 indicating that Valeura Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Valeura Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 91.96%. International Petroleum has a consensus price target of C$18.25, suggesting a potential upside of 0.22%. Given Valeura Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Valeura Energy is more favorable than International Petroleum.
Summary
Valeura Energy beats International Petroleum on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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