Financial Comparison: Lone Pine Resources (OTCMKTS:LPRIQ) vs. Advantage Energy (OTCMKTS:AAVVF)

Lone Pine Resources (OTCMKTS:LPRIQ) and Advantage Energy (OTCMKTS:AAVVF) are both mining companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

7.9% of Advantage Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 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.

Profitability

This table compares Lone Pine Resources and Advantage Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lone Pine Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A
Advantage Energy	8.62%	2.88%	1.78%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Lone Pine Resources and Advantage Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lone Pine Resources	0	0	0	0	0.00
Advantage Energy	0	0	0	1	4.00

Given Lone Pine Resources’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lone Pine Resources is more favorable than Advantage Energy.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lone Pine Resources and Advantage Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lone Pine Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Advantage Energy	$400.81 million	2.70	$75.26 million	$0.09	72.11

Advantage Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Lone Pine Resources.

Summary

Advantage Energy beats Lone Pine Resources on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lone Pine Resources

Lone Pine Resources Inc. (Lone Pine) is an independent oil and gas exploration, development, and production company with operations in Canada within the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec and the Northwest Territories. The Company focuses on the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, which includes its Narraway/Ojay and Wild River fields in the Deep Basin and its Evi field in the Peace River Arch. Lone Pine is a wholly owned subsidiary of Forest Oil Corporation, which is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had approximately 322 billions of cubic feet equivalent of estimated proved reserves of which approximately 69% was natural gas and approximately 64% was classified as proved developed. As of September 30, 2010, it had approximately 1.1 million gross (.8 million net) acres of land (approximately 80% of which is undeveloped).

About Advantage Energy

Advantage Energy Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploitation, development, and production natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) in the Province of Alberta, Canada. Its assets are located approximately 4 to 80 km northwest of the city of Grande Prairie, Alberta. The company was formerly known as Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. and changed its name to Advantage Energy Ltd. in May 2021. Advantage Energy Ltd. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.