Head to Head Review: Greenfire Resources (NYSE:GFR) & Thunderbird Resources Equity (OTCMKTS:GMXRQ)

Greenfire Resources (NYSE:GFR) and Thunderbird Resources Equity (OTCMKTS:GMXRQ) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Greenfire Resources and Thunderbird Resources Equity, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greenfire Resources	0	0	1	0	3.00
Thunderbird Resources Equity	0	0	0	0	0.00

Greenfire Resources currently has a consensus target price of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 55.00%. Given Greenfire Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Greenfire Resources is more favorable than Thunderbird Resources Equity.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Greenfire Resources and Thunderbird Resources Equity”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greenfire Resources	$483.15 million	0.97	-$100.50 million	$0.35	19.35
Thunderbird Resources Equity	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Thunderbird Resources Equity has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Greenfire Resources.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

88.9% of Greenfire Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Greenfire Resources shares are held by company insiders. 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.

Profitability

This table compares Greenfire Resources and Thunderbird Resources Equity’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greenfire Resources	5.02%	5.40%	3.13%
Thunderbird Resources Equity	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Greenfire Resources beats Thunderbird Resources Equity on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Greenfire Resources

Greenfire Resources Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, exploration, and operation of oil and gas properties in the Athabasca oil sands region of Alberta. The company operates the Tier-1 oil sands assets located in Western Canada. It utilizes steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) extraction technology, a situ thermal oil recovery process to recover diluted and non- diluted bitumen. The company is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

About Thunderbird Resources Equity

Thunderbird Resources Equity Inc, formerly GMX Resources Inc., is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company with a portfolio of leasehold acreage in multiple resource plays. The Company is focused on the development of the hydrocarbon formations in East Texas including the Cotton Valley Sands (CVS) layer in the Schuler formation and the Upper, Middle and Haynesville/Lower Bossier layers of the Bossier formation (the Haynesville/Bossier Shale), in the Sabine Uplift of the Carthage, North Field primarily located in Harrison and Panola counties of East Texas. The Company has three subsidiaries: Diamond Blue Drilling Co. (Diamond Blue), which owns three drilling rigs; Endeavor Pipeline Inc. (Endeavor Pipeline), which operates its water supply and salt water disposal systems in its East Texas area, and Endeavor Gathering, LLC (Endeavor Gathering), which owns the natural gas gathering system and related equipment operated by Endeavor Pipeline.