Contrasting Greenfire Resources (GFR) & Its Rivals

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

Volatility & Risk

Greenfire Resources has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenfire Resources’ competitors have a beta of -14.09, indicating that their average stock price is 1,509% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greenfire Resources	9.51%	12.70%	7.35%
Greenfire Resources Competitors	-2.94%	2.64%	6.54%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Greenfire Resources and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greenfire Resources	0	0	1	0	3.00
Greenfire Resources Competitors	2168	11679	16248	632	2.50

Greenfire Resources presently has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.48%. As a group, “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies have a potential upside of 17.40%. Given Greenfire Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Greenfire Resources is more favorable than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Greenfire Resources and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greenfire Resources	$500.71 million	-$100.50 million	9.01
Greenfire Resources Competitors	$12.30 billion	$1.07 billion	17.29

Greenfire Resources’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Greenfire Resources. Greenfire Resources 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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Summary

Greenfire Resources beats its competitors 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.