Reviewing Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) and Advantage Energy (OTCMKTS:AAVVF)

Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) and Advantage Energy (OTCMKTS:AAVVF) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Advantage Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advantage Energy has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diamondback Energy	33.64%	13.68%	7.93%
Advantage Energy	8.62%	2.88%	1.78%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Diamondback Energy and Advantage Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diamondback Energy	0	3	18	2	2.96
Advantage Energy	0	0	0	1	4.00

Diamondback Energy currently has a consensus target price of $209.92, suggesting a potential upside of 30.37%. Given Diamondback Energy’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than Advantage Energy.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Diamondback Energy and Advantage Energy”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diamondback Energy	$11.02 billion	4.23	$3.14 billion	$15.80	10.19
Advantage Energy	$400.81 million	3.09	$75.26 million	$0.09	82.67

Diamondback Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Advantage Energy. Diamondback Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advantage Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Diamondback Energy beats Advantage Energy on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Diamondback Energy

Diamondback Energy, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas company, acquires, develops, explores, and exploits unconventional, onshore oil and natural gas reserves in the Permian Basin in West Texas. It focuses on the development of the Spraberry and Wolfcamp formations of the Midland basin; and the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring formations of the Delaware basin, which are part of the Permian Basin in West Texas and New Mexico. The company also owns and operates midstream infrastructure assets, in the Midland and Delaware Basins of the Permian Basin. Diamondback Energy, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas.

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.