Advantage Energy (OTCMKTS:AAVVF) & Sable Offshore (NYSE:SOC) Head-To-Head Analysis

Sable Offshore (NYSE:SOC) 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 risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sable Offshore 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
Sable Offshore	N/A	N/A	-$32.18 million	N/A	N/A
Advantage Energy	$400.81 million	3.09	$75.26 million	($0.13)	-56.92

Advantage Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Sable Offshore.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Sable Offshore and Advantage Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sable Offshore	1	0	5	1	2.86
Advantage Energy	0	0	1	1	3.50

Sable Offshore currently has a consensus target price of $27.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.63%. Given Sable Offshore’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sable Offshore is more favorable than Advantage Energy.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sable Offshore	N/A	-319.58%	-39.11%
Advantage Energy	8.62%	2.88%	1.78%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

26.2% of Sable Offshore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Advantage Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.3% of Sable Offshore shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Sable Offshore has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advantage Energy has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Advantage Energy beats Sable Offshore on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sable Offshore

Sable Offshore Corp. engages in the oil and gas exploration and development activities in the United States. The company operates through three platforms located in federal waters offshore California. It owns and operates 16 federal leases across approximately 76,000 acres and subsea pipelines, which transport crude oil, natural gas, and produced water from the platforms to the onshore processing facilities. The company was formerly known as Flame Acquisition Corp. and changed its name to Sable Offshore Corp. in February 2024. Sable Offshore Corp. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Houston, 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.