Financial Comparison: Advantage Energy (AAVVF) versus Its Competitors

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 peers? We will compare Advantage Energy to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Volatility and Risk

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

7.8% of Advantage Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Advantage Energy and its peers, 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 peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Advantage Energy has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Advantage Energy and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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 peers have higher revenue and earnings than Advantage Energy. Advantage Energy is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Advantage Energy and its peers’ 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 peers 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.