Barnwell Industries (NYSE:BRN) & Battalion Oil (NYSE:BATL) Head-To-Head Analysis

Volatility and Risk

Barnwell Industries has a beta of -0.31, suggesting that its stock price is 131% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Battalion Oil has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Barnwell Industries and Battalion Oil’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barnwell Industries	-34.01%	-48.90%	-22.57%
Battalion Oil	12.02%	-137.74%	-11.27%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Barnwell Industries and Battalion Oil”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barnwell Industries	$18.07 million	0.64	-$5.57 million	($0.65)	-1.77
Battalion Oil	$185.21 million	0.09	-$3.05 million	($2.10)	-0.50

Battalion Oil has higher revenue and earnings than Barnwell Industries. Barnwell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Battalion Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

40.7% of Barnwell Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.0% of Battalion Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 17.6% of Barnwell Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 62.0% of Battalion Oil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Battalion Oil beats Barnwell Industries on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Barnwell Industries

Barnwell Industries, Inc. acquires, develops, produces, and sells oil and natural gas in Canada. The company operates through three segments: Oil and Natural Gas, Land Investment, and Contract Drilling. It also acquires and develops crude oil and natural gas assets in the province of Alberta, as well as invests in land interests in Hawaii. In addition, the company owns and operates threes water well drilling rigs, two pump rigs, and other ancillary drilling and pump equipment; and drills water and water monitoring wells of varying depths. Further, it installs and repairs water pumping systems; and distributes trillium flow technologies. Barnwell Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1956 and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.

About Battalion Oil

Battalion Oil Corporation, an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, production, exploration, and development of onshore oil and natural gas assets in the United States. It holds interests in the Delaware Basin located in the counties of Pecos, Ward, Reeves, and Winkler, Texas. It serves independent marketers, and oil and natural gas and gas pipeline companies. The company was formerly known as Halcón Resources Corporation and changed its name to Battalion Oil Corporation in January 2020. Battalion Oil Corporation was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.