Analyzing HighPeak Energy (NASDAQ:HPK) & HKN (OTCMKTS:HKNI)

HighPeak Energy (NASDAQ:HPK) and HKN (OTCMKTS:HKNI) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for HighPeak Energy and HKN, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HighPeak Energy	2	1	0	0	1.33
HKN	0	0	0	0	0.00

HighPeak Energy currently has a consensus price target of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 62.20%. Given HighPeak Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe HighPeak Energy is more favorable than HKN.

Profitability

This table compares HighPeak Energy and HKN’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HighPeak Energy	12.59%	7.10%	3.75%
HKN	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

24.1% of HighPeak Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 78.9% of HighPeak Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of HKN shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares HighPeak Energy and HKN”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HighPeak Energy	$1.07 billion	0.84	$95.07 million	$0.86	8.24
HKN	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

HighPeak Energy has higher revenue and earnings than HKN.

Summary

HighPeak Energy beats HKN on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About HighPeak Energy

HighPeak Energy, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids reserves in the Permian Basin in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

About HKN

HKN, Inc. operates as an independent energy company. The company owns an oilfield emulsion breaking technology that purifies oilfield emulsions by breaking and separating the emulsions into oil, water, and solids. It also holds non-operated oil and gas leases and mineral interests in properties located in the Bakken and Niobrara shale oil plays; and rights to acreage in the Permian Basin of Texas. The company was founded in 1973 and is based in Southlake, Texas.