Reviewing HighPeak Energy (HPK) and Its Competitors

HighPeak Energy (NASDAQ:HPK) is one of 1,051 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare HighPeak Energy to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for HighPeak Energy and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HighPeak Energy	1	1	0	0	1.50
HighPeak Energy Competitors	5984	27006	40874	2428	2.52

As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 28.96%. Given HighPeak Energy’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HighPeak Energy has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

24.1% of HighPeak Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of HighPeak Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

HighPeak Energy has a beta of 0.05, meaning that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HighPeak Energy’s peers have a beta of -3.76, meaning that their average share price is 476% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares HighPeak Energy and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HighPeak Energy	-10.52%	-1.44%	-0.71%
HighPeak Energy Competitors	-456.99%	19.35%	6.42%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares HighPeak Energy and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
HighPeak Energy	$863.36 million	$18.96 million	-8.46
HighPeak Energy Competitors	$10.89 billion	$5.51 billion	-0.99

HighPeak Energy’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than HighPeak Energy. HighPeak Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

HighPeak Energy peers beat HighPeak Energy on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

HighPeak Energy Company Profile

HighPeak Energy, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids reserves in the Permian Basin in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.