Head-To-Head Review: Advantage Energy (AAVVF) & Its Peers

Advantage Energy (OTCMKTS:AAVVF) is one of 1,050 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Advantage Energy to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and risk.

Volatility and Risk

Advantage Energy has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advantage Energy’s competitors have a beta of -4.03, indicating that their average share price is 503% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Advantage Energy and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Advantage Energy	$500.25 million	$37.97 million	23.49
Advantage Energy Competitors	$14.68 billion	$5.51 billion	0.94

Advantage Energy’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Advantage Energy. Advantage Energy is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Advantage Energy and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Advantage Energy	0	5	2	1	2.50
Advantage Energy Competitors	5956	26920	40738	2396	2.52

As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 16.96%. Given Advantage Energy’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Advantage Energy has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

7.8% of Advantage Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Advantage Energy and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Advantage Energy	11.58%	4.92%	2.67%
Advantage Energy Competitors	-473.01%	20.47%	6.26%

Summary

Advantage Energy competitors beat Advantage Energy on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Advantage Energy

Advantage Energy Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploitation, development, and production natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) in the Province of Alberta, Canada. Its assets are located approximately 4 to 80 km northwest of the city of Grande Prairie, Alberta. The company was formerly known as Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. and changed its name to Advantage Energy Ltd. in May 2021. Advantage Energy Ltd. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.