BPI Energy (OTCMKTS:BPIGF) and Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:CHK) Head-To-Head Survey

BPI Energy (OTCMKTS:BPIGF) and Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:CHK) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for BPI Energy and Chesapeake Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BPI Energy	0	0	0	0	N/A
Chesapeake Energy	0	4	6	0	2.60

Chesapeake Energy has a consensus target price of $109.82, indicating a potential upside of 28.86%.

Risk and Volatility

BPI Energy has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chesapeake Energy has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares BPI Energy and Chesapeake Energy’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BPI Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chesapeake Energy	$10.09 billion	1.11	$4.94 billion	$36.82	2.31

Chesapeake Energy has higher revenue and earnings than BPI Energy.

Profitability

This table compares BPI Energy and Chesapeake Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BPI Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chesapeake Energy	49.82%	11.33%	7.73%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.9% of Chesapeake Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Chesapeake Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Chesapeake Energy beats BPI Energy on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BPI Energy

BPI Energy Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, BPI Energy, Inc., engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, production, and sale of coalbed methane (CBM) properties in the United States. It owns approximately 500,000 acres of CBM rights in the Illinois Basin. The company also has interests in Southern Illinois Basin project covering approximately 10,000 acres in the southern part of the Illinois Basin; the Northern Illinois Basin project covering 353,531 acres in Montgomery, Shelby, Christian, Fayette, and Macoupin Counties in Illinois; and the Western Illinois Basin project covering 135,948 acres in Clinton, Washington, Marion, and Perry Counties in Illinois. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Solon, Ohio.

About Chesapeake Energy

Chesapeake Energy Corporation, an independent exploration and production company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of properties to produce oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids from underground reservoirs in the United States. The company holds interests in natural gas resource plays in the Marcellus Shale in the northern Appalachian Basin in Pennsylvania and the Haynesville/Bossier Shales in northwestern Louisiana. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.