Advantage Energy Ltd. (OTCMKTS:AAVVF) Receives Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

Advantage Energy Ltd. (OTCMKTS:AAVVF) has been given an average rating of “Moderate Buy” by the seven research firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, three have given a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company.

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Zacks Research raised Advantage Energy from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating on shares of Advantage Energy in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Raymond James Financial upgraded shares of Advantage Energy from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 8th. National Bank Financial raised shares of Advantage Energy from a “hold” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Finally, ATB Cormark Capital Markets lowered shares of Advantage Energy from a “strong-buy” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th.

Advantage Energy Stock Performance

Shares of AAVVF stock opened at $7.83 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.59 and a beta of 0.96. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $7.98 and a 200 day moving average of $8.24. The company has a quick ratio of 0.40, a current ratio of 0.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. Advantage Energy has a 52 week low of $5.54 and a 52 week high of $9.50.

Advantage Energy (OTCMKTS:AAVVF) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 5th. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.24 by ($0.20). The company had revenue of $130.41 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $174.72 million. Advantage Energy had a return on equity of 3.30% and a net margin of 8.03%. As a group, research analysts expect that Advantage Energy will post 0.19 earnings per share for the current year.

Advantage Energy Company Profile

Advantage Energy Ltd. is a Calgary-based exploration and production company focused on the development of natural gas, condensate and natural gas liquids (NGLs) in the Montney formation of western Canada. The company holds and operates an extensive land position across northeast British Columbia and northwest Alberta, where it employs multi-stage fracturing and horizontal drilling techniques to optimize recovery from low-permeability reservoirs. Advantage Energy’s asset portfolio is structured to deliver stable gas production alongside enhanced liquids yields, supporting its strategy of balancing volume growth with cash-flow generation.

Advantage Energy’s operations are anchored in its core Montney acreage, where it has established several gas processing and compression facilities to gather, treat and market its production.