Comparing Sundance Energy Australia (OTCMKTS:SDCJF) & PEDEVCO (NYSE:PED)

Sundance Energy Australia (OTCMKTS:SDCJF) and PEDEVCO (NYSE:PED) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Sundance Energy Australia and PEDEVCO’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sundance Energy Australia	24.02%	13.45%	6.16%
PEDEVCO	1.12%	0.38%	0.33%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

3.3% of PEDEVCO shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.6% of PEDEVCO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Sundance Energy Australia and PEDEVCO, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sundance Energy Australia	0	0	0	0	0.00
PEDEVCO	0	0	1	0	3.00

PEDEVCO has a consensus price target of $1.75, suggesting a potential upside of 95.14%. Given PEDEVCO’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PEDEVCO is more favorable than Sundance Energy Australia.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sundance Energy Australia and PEDEVCO”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sundance Energy Australia	$164.93 million	0.06	-$28.14 million	N/A	N/A
PEDEVCO	$34.00 million	2.36	$260,000.00	$0.00	-89,680.00

PEDEVCO has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sundance Energy Australia.

Volatility and Risk

Sundance Energy Australia has a beta of 3.96, suggesting that its share price is 296% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PEDEVCO has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PEDEVCO beats Sundance Energy Australia on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sundance Energy Australia

Sundance Energy Australia Limited operates as an onshore oil and gas company in the United States. The company explores for, develops, and produces oil and natural gas. Its exploration and development activities are focused on the Eagle Ford project in the South-Texas-Gulf Coast Basin. Sundance Energy Australia Limited was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Wayville, Australia.

About PEDEVCO

PEDEVCO Corp., an oil and gas company, focuses on the acquisition, development, and production of oil and natural gas assets in the United States. It holds interests in the Permian Basin asset covering an area of approximately 22,721 net acres located in New Mexico; and D-J Basin asset covering an area of approximately 19,214 net acres located in Wyoming. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas.