Analyzing Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) & Advantage Energy (OTCMKTS:AAVVF)

Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) and Advantage Energy (OTCMKTS:AAVVF) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

21.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Advantage Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Excelerate Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Excelerate Energy and Advantage Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Excelerate Energy	0	6	5	3	2.79
Advantage Energy	0	3	2	2	2.86

Excelerate Energy currently has a consensus price target of $40.64, suggesting a potential upside of 9.36%. Given Excelerate Energy’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Excelerate Energy is more favorable than Advantage Energy.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Excelerate Energy and Advantage Energy”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Excelerate Energy	$1.23 billion	3.44	$39.20 million	$1.23	30.21
Advantage Energy	$500.25 million	2.57	$37.97 million	$0.46	16.67

Excelerate Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Advantage Energy. Advantage Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Excelerate Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Excelerate Energy and Advantage Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Excelerate Energy	2.98%	3.85%	2.07%
Advantage Energy	14.72%	6.61%	3.61%

Risk & Volatility

Excelerate Energy has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advantage Energy has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Excelerate Energy beats Advantage Energy on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Excelerate Energy

Excelerate Energy, Inc. provides flexible liquefied natural gas (LNG) solutions worldwide. The company offers regasification services, including floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs), infrastructure development, and LNG and natural gas supply, procurement, and distribution services; LNG terminal services; and natural gas supply to-power projects. Excelerate Energy, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas. Excelerate Energy, Inc. is a subsidiary of Excelerate Energy Holdings, LLC.

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.