Enerflex (NYSE:EFXT) versus Inplay Oil Cp (OTCMKTS:IPOOF) Head-To-Head Analysis

Inplay Oil Cp (OTCMKTS:IPOOF) and Enerflex (NYSE:EFXT) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends and risk.

Risk and Volatility

Inplay Oil Cp has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enerflex has a beta of 2, suggesting that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Inplay Oil Cp and Enerflex”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inplay Oil Cp	$210.66 million	1.07	$6.91 million	($0.04)	-202.25
Enerflex	$2.41 billion	0.49	$32.00 million	$1.04	9.21

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Inplay Oil Cp and Enerflex, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inplay Oil Cp	0	0	0	2	4.00
Enerflex	0	1	3	0	2.75

Enerflex has a consensus price target of $11.1250, indicating a potential upside of 16.13%. Given Enerflex’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Enerflex is more favorable than Inplay Oil Cp.

Profitability

This table compares Inplay Oil Cp and Enerflex’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inplay Oil Cp	-0.63%	1.28%	0.75%
Enerflex	5.54%	10.21%	3.87%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

46.5% of Enerflex shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Inplay Oil Cp pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Enerflex pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Inplay Oil Cp pays out -1,450.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enerflex pays out 10.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Enerflex has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Inplay Oil Cp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Enerflex beats Inplay Oil Cp on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Inplay Oil Cp

InPlay Oil Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of petroleum and natural gas properties in Canada. The company produces and sells crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. It focuses on light oil asset base located in West Central, Alberta. InPlay Oil Corp. is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

About Enerflex

Enerflex Ltd. offers energy infrastructure and energy transition solutions to natural gas markets in North America, Latin America, and the Eastern Hemisphere. The company provides natural gas compression infrastructure, processing, and treated water infrastructure under contract to oil and natural gas customers; power generation rental solutions; custom and standard compression packages for reciprocating and screw compressor applications; re-engineering, re-configuration, and re-packaging of compressors for various field applications; integrated turnkey power generation, gas compression, processing facilities, natural gas compression, processing, and electric power solutions; after-market mechanical services and parts distribution, as well as maintenance solutions to the oil and natural gas industry, operations, and overhaul services; and equipment supply, parts supply, and general asset management. It also designs, engineers, manufactures, constructs, and installs modular natural gas processing equipment, low-carbon solutions, cryogenic systems, electric power solutions, and treated water solutions; and engages in the engineering, design, procurement, project management, and construction services for compression, process, treated water, and power generation equipment, as well as after-market service, parts, and operations and maintenance services for gas compression, processing, and treated water facilities in the region. The company was formerly known as Enerflex Systems Income Fund and changed its name to Enerflex Ltd. in January 2010. Enerflex Ltd. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.