Financial Analysis: Amplify Energy (NYSE:AMPY) versus Black Dragon Resource Cos. (OTCMKTS:BDGR)

Amplify Energy (NYSE:AMPY) and Black Dragon Resource Cos. (OTCMKTS:BDGR) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

42.8% of Amplify Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of Amplify Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Amplify Energy and Black Dragon Resource Cos., as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amplify Energy	0	1	2	0	2.67
Black Dragon Resource Cos.	0	0	0	0	0.00

Amplify Energy presently has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 83.23%. Given Amplify Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Amplify Energy is more favorable than Black Dragon Resource Cos..

Profitability

This table compares Amplify Energy and Black Dragon Resource Cos.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amplify Energy	5.64%	6.61%	3.59%
Black Dragon Resource Cos.	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility & Risk

Amplify Energy has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Dragon Resource Cos. has a beta of -0.48, indicating that its stock price is 148% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Amplify Energy and Black Dragon Resource Cos.”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amplify Energy	$294.68 million	0.64	$12.95 million	$0.35	13.25
Black Dragon Resource Cos.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amplify Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Black Dragon Resource Cos..

Summary

Amplify Energy beats Black Dragon Resource Cos. on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Amplify Energy

Amplify Energy Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, exploitation, and production of oil and natural gas properties in the United States. The company’s properties consist of operated and non-operated working interests in producing and undeveloped leasehold acreage, as well as working interests in identified producing wells located in Oklahoma, the Rockies, federal waters offshore Southern California, East Texas/North Louisiana, and Eagle Ford. The company is based in Houston, Texas.

About Black Dragon Resource Cos.

Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. operates as a distributor of rare art via blockchain-based technologies or non-fungible tokens. The company was formerly known as Black Dragon Resource, Inc. and changed its name to Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. in December 2004. Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of ProTek Capital, Inc.