Uranium Royalty (NASDAQ:UROY – Get Free Report) and Advantage Energy (OTCMKTS:AAVVF – Get Free Report) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
24.2% of Uranium Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Advantage Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
Uranium Royalty has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advantage Energy has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Uranium Royalty | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.40 |
| Advantage Energy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.50 |
Uranium Royalty presently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.31%. Given Uranium Royalty’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Uranium Royalty is more favorable than Advantage Energy.
Profitability
This table compares Uranium Royalty and Advantage Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Uranium Royalty | -2.90% | -0.56% | -0.54% |
| Advantage Energy | 9.39% | 3.78% | 2.08% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Uranium Royalty and Advantage Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Uranium Royalty | $11.19 million | 43.39 | -$4.06 million | ($0.01) | -362.00 |
| Advantage Energy | $396.54 million | 3.58 | $15.85 million | $0.25 | 34.03 |
Advantage Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Uranium Royalty. Uranium Royalty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advantage Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Advantage Energy beats Uranium Royalty on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Uranium Royalty
Uranium Royalty Corp. operates as a pure-play uranium royalty company. It acquires, accumulates, and manages a portfolio of geographically diversified uranium interests. The company has royalty interests in the McArthur River, Cigar Lake / Waterbury Lake, Roughrider, Russell Lake, Russell Lake south, and Dawn Lake projects in Saskatchewan, Canada; Anderson and San Rafael projects in Arizona; Lance and Reno Creek projects in Wyoming; Church Rock and Roca Honda projects in New Mexico; Dewey-Burdock project in South Dakota; Slick Rock project in Colorado; Langer Heinrich project in Namibia; and Michelin project in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; Energy Queen and Whirlwind project in Utah; and Workman Creek projects in Arizona. Uranium Royalty Corp. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
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.
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