Reviewing Coterra Energy (NYSE:CTRA) and PEDEVCO (NYSE:PED)

PEDEVCO (NYSE:PED) and Coterra Energy (NYSE:CTRA) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

3.3% of PEDEVCO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Coterra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 70.6% of PEDEVCO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Coterra Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares PEDEVCO and Coterra Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PEDEVCO	6.57%	1.58%	1.39%
Coterra Energy	21.91%	9.38%	5.95%

Risk and Volatility

PEDEVCO has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coterra Energy has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for PEDEVCO and Coterra Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PEDEVCO	0	0	2	0	3.00
Coterra Energy	0	2	16	1	2.95

PEDEVCO presently has a consensus target price of $1.63, suggesting a potential upside of 119.59%. Coterra Energy has a consensus target price of $32.53, suggesting a potential upside of 31.54%. Given PEDEVCO’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PEDEVCO is more favorable than Coterra Energy.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares PEDEVCO and Coterra Energy”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PEDEVCO	$35.72 million	1.85	$260,000.00	$0.02	37.00
Coterra Energy	$5.66 billion	3.22	$1.63 billion	$1.66	14.90

Coterra Energy has higher revenue and earnings than PEDEVCO. Coterra Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PEDEVCO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Coterra Energy beats PEDEVCO on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PEDEVCO

PEDEVCO Corp., an oil and gas company, focuses on the acquisition, development, and production of oil and natural gas assets in the United States. It holds interests in the Permian Basin asset covering an area of approximately 22,721 net acres located in New Mexico; and D-J Basin asset covering an area of approximately 19,214 net acres located in Wyoming. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

About Coterra Energy

Coterra Energy Inc., an independent oil and gas company, engages in the development, exploration, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in the United States. The company’s properties include the Marcellus Shale with approximately 186,000 net acres in the dry gas window of the play located in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; Permian Basin properties with approximately 296,000 net acres located in west Texas and southeast New Mexico; and Anadarko Basin properties with approximately 182,000 net acres located in Oklahoma. It also operates natural gas and saltwater gathering and disposal systems in Texas. The company sells its natural gas to industrial customers, local distribution companies, oil and gas marketers, major energy companies, pipeline companies, and power generation facilities. Coterra Energy Inc. was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.