Head to Head Analysis: Triangle Petroleum (OTCMKTS:TPLM) and Amplify Energy (NYSE:AMPY)

Triangle Petroleum (OTCMKTS:TPLM) and Amplify Energy (NYSE:AMPY) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Triangle Petroleum and Amplify Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Triangle Petroleum	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amplify Energy	$307.60 million	0.86	$392.75 million	$1.54	4.30

Amplify Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Triangle Petroleum.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Triangle Petroleum and Amplify Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Triangle Petroleum	0	0	0	0	0.00
Amplify Energy	0	0	3	0	3.00

Amplify Energy has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 51.06%. Given Amplify Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amplify Energy is more favorable than Triangle Petroleum.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

42.8% of Amplify Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of Triangle Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Amplify Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Triangle Petroleum has a beta of 2.35, suggesting that its stock price is 135% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amplify Energy has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Triangle Petroleum and Amplify Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Triangle Petroleum	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amplify Energy	20.99%	16.22%	8.79%

Summary

Amplify Energy beats Triangle Petroleum on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Triangle Petroleum

Triangle Petroleum Corporation, an independent energy company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas properties in the United States. It operates in two segments, Exploration and Production, and Oilfield Services. As of January 31, 2016, the company had leasehold interests in approximately 103,540 net acres in the Bakken Shale and Three Forks formations in the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana. It also offers oilfield services, including hydraulic pressure pumping, wireline, perforating, pump rental, workover, and other complementary services, as well as midstream services. The company was formerly known as Peloton Resources Inc. and changed its name to Triangle Petroleum Corporation in May 2005. Triangle Petroleum Corporation was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

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.