HighPeak Energy (HPK) vs. Its Rivals Critical Analysis

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for HighPeak Energy and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HighPeak Energy	1	1	0	0	1.50
HighPeak Energy Competitors	5966	26949	40778	2408	2.52

As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 22.24%. Given HighPeak Energy’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HighPeak Energy has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Volatility & Risk

HighPeak Energy has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HighPeak Energy’s competitors have a beta of -3.91, indicating that their average stock price is 491% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

HighPeak Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. HighPeak Energy pays out -20.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.7% and pay out -122.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. HighPeak Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. HighPeak Energy lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HighPeak Energy	-10.52%	-1.44%	-0.71%
HighPeak Energy Competitors	-471.71%	20.53%	6.26%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

24.1% of HighPeak Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of HighPeak Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
HighPeak Energy	$862.88 million	$18.96 million	-10.92
HighPeak Energy Competitors	$272.90 billion	$5.52 billion	-0.31

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

Summary

HighPeak Energy competitors beat HighPeak Energy on 13 of the 15 factors compared.

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.