Reviewing HighPeak Energy (NASDAQ:HPK) and ENI (NYSE:E)

HighPeak Energy (NASDAQ:HPK) and ENI (NYSE:E) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

24.1% of HighPeak Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of ENI shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of HighPeak Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of ENI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for HighPeak Energy and ENI, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HighPeak Energy	1	1	0	1	2.33
ENI	0	6	6	1	2.62

HighPeak Energy presently has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.07%. ENI has a consensus target price of $46.15, suggesting a potential downside of 13.79%. Given HighPeak Energy’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HighPeak Energy is more favorable than ENI.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HighPeak Energy	$863.36 million	1.18	$18.96 million	($0.79)	-10.19
ENI	$94.60 billion	0.96	$2.95 billion	$3.91	13.69

ENI has higher revenue and earnings than HighPeak Energy. HighPeak Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ENI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

HighPeak Energy has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ENI has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares HighPeak Energy and ENI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HighPeak Energy	-10.52%	-1.44%	-0.71%
ENI	6.51%	11.27%	4.32%

Summary

ENI beats HighPeak Energy on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About HighPeak Energy

HighPeak Energy, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids reserves in the Permian Basin in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

About ENI

Eni SpA engages in the exploration, production, refining, and sale of oil, gas, electricity, and chemicals. It operates through the following segments: Exploration and Production, Global Gas and LNG Portfolio, Refining & Marketing and Chemicals, Power & Renewables, and Corporate and Other Activities. The Exploration and Production segment engages in research, development and production of oil, condensates and natural gas, forestry conservation (REDD+) and CO2 capture and storage projects. The Global Gas and LNG Portfolio segment refers to the supply and sale of wholesale natural gas by pipeline, international transport and purchase and marketing of LNG, which includes gas trading activities finalized to hedging and stabilizing the trade margins, as well as optimizing the gas asset portfolio. The Refining & Marketing and Chemicals segment engages in supply, processing, distribution, and marketing of fuels and chemicals. The Corporate and Other Activities segment includes the main business support functions in particular holding, central treasury, IT, human resources, real estate services, captive insurance activities, research and development, new technologies, business digitalization, and environmental activities. The company was founded on February 10, 1953 and is headquartered in Rome, Italy.