Head-To-Head Survey: Greenfire Resources (GFR) versus Its Peers

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

Risk & Volatility

Greenfire Resources has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenfire Resources’ competitors have a beta of -14.20, meaning that their average share price is 1,520% 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%	2.65%	6.55%

Insider & Institutional 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Greenfire Resources and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greenfire Resources	$500.71 million	-$100.50 million	8.58
Greenfire Resources Competitors	$10.94 billion	$1.07 billion	17.24

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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Greenfire Resources and its competitors, as provided 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	11674	16244	632	2.50

Greenfire Resources presently has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 42.28%. As a group, “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies have a potential upside of 17.95%. Given Greenfire Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Greenfire Resources is more favorable than its competitors.

Summary

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

Greenfire Resources Company Profile

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.