Head to Head Analysis: Greenfire Resources (GFR) and Its Competitors

Greenfire Resources (NYSE:GFR) is one of 286 public companies in the “Crude petroleum & natural gas” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Greenfire Resources to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Greenfire Resources and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greenfire Resources	0	0	1	0	3.00
Greenfire Resources Competitors	2164	11648	16228	626	2.50

Greenfire Resources currently has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 50.65%. As a group, “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies have a potential upside of 22.30%. Given Greenfire Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Greenfire Resources is more favorable than its rivals.

Volatility and Risk

Greenfire Resources has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenfire Resources’ rivals have a beta of -14.37, indicating that their average share price is 1,537% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Greenfire Resources and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greenfire Resources	9.51%	13.00%	7.28%
Greenfire Resources Competitors	-3.32%	2.56%	6.48%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

88.9% of Greenfire Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Greenfire Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Greenfire Resources and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greenfire Resources	$500.71 million	-$100.50 million	8.10
Greenfire Resources Competitors	$10.94 billion	$1.07 billion	16.88

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

Summary

Greenfire Resources beats its rivals on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Greenfire Resources

Greenfire Resources Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, exploration, and operation of oil and gas properties in the Athabasca oil sands region of Alberta. The company operates the Tier-1 oil sands assets located in Western Canada. It utilizes steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) extraction technology, a situ thermal oil recovery process to recover diluted and non- diluted bitumen. The company is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.