Critical Analysis: Pengrowth Energy (OTCMKTS:PGHEF) versus Genel Energy (OTCMKTS:GEGYY)

Pengrowth Energy (OTCMKTS:PGHEF) and Genel Energy (OTCMKTS:GEGYY) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Pengrowth Energy and Genel Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pengrowth Energy	0	0	0	0	N/A
Genel Energy	0	0	0	0	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Pengrowth Energy and Genel Energy’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pengrowth Energy	$408.45 million	0.06	-$431.50 million	N/A	N/A
Genel Energy	$84.80 million	3.89	-$61.30 million	N/A	N/A

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pengrowth Energy	-147.21%	-193.94%	-25.06%
Genel Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Risk & Volatility

Pengrowth Energy has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genel Energy has a beta of -0.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Genel Energy beats Pengrowth Energy on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Genel Energy

Genel Energy plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. It operates through two segments, Production and Pre-production. The Production segment holds a 25% working interest in the Tawke PSC; and 44% working interest in the Taq Taq PSC. The Pre-Production segment holds a 50% working interest in Odewayne and 51% working interest in SL10B13 block located in Somaliland; and 75% working interest in Lagzira block in Morocco. Genel Energy plc was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.