Critical Comparison: Pengrowth Energy (OTCMKTS:PGHEF) & Mexco Energy (NYSE:MXC)

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Mexco Energy and Pengrowth Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mexco Energy	$7.44 million	2.52	$1.35 million	$0.79	11.63
Pengrowth Energy	$408.45 million	0.06	-$431.50 million	N/A	N/A

Mexco Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pengrowth Energy.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

5.9% of Mexco Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Pengrowth Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 55.1% of Mexco Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Mexco Energy has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pengrowth Energy has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Mexco Energy and Pengrowth Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mexco Energy	18.73%	7.57%	6.94%
Pengrowth Energy	-147.21%	-193.94%	-25.06%

Summary

Mexco Energy beats Pengrowth Energy on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mexco Energy

Mexco Energy Corporation, an independent oil and gas company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of natural gas, crude oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids in the United States. It owns partial interests in approximately 6,400 gross producing wells located in the states of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado, Montana, Virginia, North Dakota, and Ohio. It also owned leasehold mineral, royalty, and other interests in approximately 2,768 net acres. The company was formerly known as Miller Oil Company and changed its name to Mexco Energy Corporation in April 1980. Mexco Energy Corporation was incorporated in 1972 and is based in Midland, Texas.

About Pengrowth Energy

Pengrowth Energy Corporation, a resource company, explores for, develops, and produces oil and natural gas assets in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Nova Scotia provinces in Canada. The company explores for crude oil, bitumen, natural gas, shale gas, and natural gas liquids. Its principal producing properties are the Lindbergh thermal property covering an area of 20,800 net acres located in Alberta; and Groundbirch property totaling an area of 12,536 net acres located to the south west of Fort St. John, British Columbia. As of December 31, 2018, the company had 269 net producing oil and natural gas wells; and 586 net non-producing wells, as well as total proved plus probable reserves of 446.6 millions of barrels of oil equivalent. Pengrowth Energy Corporation was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.