Advantage Energy Ltd. (OTCMKTS:AAVVF) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Advantage Energy Ltd. (OTCMKTS:AAVVF) has received a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the seven research firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, three have assigned a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company.

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

Advantage Energy Price Performance

OTCMKTS:AAVVF opened at $8.57 on Monday. Advantage Energy has a 52 week low of $5.54 and a 52 week high of $9.50. The firm has a market cap of $1.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.96 and a beta of 0.96. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $8.01 and its 200 day simple moving average is $8.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 0.40 and a current ratio of 0.40.

Advantage Energy (OTCMKTS:AAVVF) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 5th. The company reported $0.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.24 by ($0.20). The business had revenue of $130.41 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $174.72 million. Advantage Energy had a net margin of 8.03% and a return on equity of 3.30%. As a group, sell-side analysts predict 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.