Greenfire Resources (GFR) and The Competition Financial Review

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 rivals? We will compare Greenfire Resources to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

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	-2.51%	2.56%	6.47%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Greenfire Resources and its rivals, 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	2186	11757	16283	640	2.50

Greenfire Resources presently has a consensus target price of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 56.72%. As a group, “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies have a potential upside of 24.85%. Given Greenfire Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Greenfire Resources is more favorable than its rivals.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greenfire Resources	$483.15 million	-$100.50 million	19.14
Greenfire Resources Competitors	$714.40 billion	$1.07 billion	17.36

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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

88.9% of Greenfire Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.3% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Greenfire Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Greenfire Resources has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenfire Resources’ rivals have a beta of -14.05, indicating that their average share price is 1,505% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Greenfire Resources beats its rivals 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.