Critical Comparison: Greenfire Resources (GFR) and The Competition

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Greenfire Resources and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greenfire Resources	$483.15 million	-$100.50 million	20.77
Greenfire Resources Competitors	$714.32 billion	$1.07 billion	17.05

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

Volatility & Risk

Greenfire Resources has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenfire Resources’ rivals have a beta of -14.29, suggesting that their average share price is 1,529% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Greenfire Resources and its rivals, as provided 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	2175	11706	16263	635	2.50

Greenfire Resources currently has a consensus target price of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 44.43%. As a group, “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies have a potential upside of 20.87%. Given Greenfire Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Greenfire Resources is more favorable than its rivals.

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

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	5.02%	5.40%	3.13%
Greenfire Resources Competitors	-2.96%	2.60%	6.52%

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.