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Advantage Energy LtdAAV.TOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Canada · CAD·Energy›Oil & Gas Production

Alberta natural gas producer operating the Glacier Montney gas play, with a carbon capture and storage business (Entropy).

≈ A Montney natural gas producer with a carbon capture subsidiaryMomentum neutral 59
Mkt cap
$1.26B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
96%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$7.20M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
16.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-1.7 pp
WACC 5.9%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
124 days
10 Mar 2027
Close · CADC$10.56
1D+1.1%
1W-8.1%
1M+2.4%
3M-2.2%
6M+5.6%
YTD-10.1%
1Y-10.7%
ATR %3.4%
52w lowhigh20.0% off high

What Advantage Energy does

Alberta natural gas producer operating the Glacier Montney gas play, with a carbon capture and storage business (Entropy).

Sells natural gas and liquids from its Montney wells to marketers through processing infrastructure it owns at Glacier, and hedges part of its output. Entropy, its carbon-capture business, captures carbon dioxide from gas plants and earns by selling carbon credits and capture technology rather than from gas production.

In one line: A Montney natural gas producer with a carbon capture subsidiary.

Products and services

  • Glacier Montney natural gas production
  • Entropy carbon capture technology

Customers

  • Natural gas/NGL marketers
  • Carbon capture technology licensees (Entropy)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Energy exploration & production
  • Glacier Montney natural gas production
  • Carbon capture & storage (Entropy)

What could go right

  • Natural gas price strength
  • Carbon capture/decarbonisation revenue growth

What could go wrong

  • Natural gas price volatility
  • Carbon capture technology commercialisation risk

Moat: narrow (installed base, IP / patents). Concentrated, low-cost Montney land position plus proprietary Entropy carbon-capture technology differentiate it from pure gas peers.

Headquarters: Calgary, Canada · Founded: 2001 · Employees: 99

Named competitors

Advantage Energy at a glance

Size Advantage Energy (AAV.TO) is a Canada Energy company (Oil & Gas Production) with a market value of $1.26B, the 222nd largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$10.56 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 5.6%, against -18.7% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 14.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.9%); the operating margin is 19.7% (peer median 22.4%).

Valuation It trades at 16.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 7.6× (3rd most expensive of 18).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.7 points below its cost of capital (5.9% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 10 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026AAV.TO 106Peer median 82
Six months, rebased to 100: Advantage Energy against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Advantage Energy financials

Reported figures in CAD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueC$712MC$646MC$498MC$509MC$858M
Revenue growth—+30%-2%-41%—
Gross profitC$192MC$146MC$69.1MC$181MC$564M
EBITDAC$377MC$326MC$232MC$290MC$671M
Net incomeC$141MC$53.1MC$21.7MC$102MC$339M
Free cash flow-C$105M-C$33.3M-C$84.4MC$51.2MC$262M
Capital expenditureC$501MC$392MC$303MC$283MC$242M
Total debtC$717MC$880MC$789MC$354MC$290M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Advantage Energy competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%+20%+40%603619SERPXT002221CJTNZBPTVLEBNORNEXTMAUVETSDERKHENOGMERHPKDECAAV.TO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Advantage Energy is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+100%+200%+300%+400%10×20×603619SERPXT002221CJTNZBPTVLEBNORVETSDEMERHPKDECKARAAV.TORevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Advantage Energy is the large dot.

Advantage Energy competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (AAV.TO vs PEY.TO vs ARX.TO vs KEL.TO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Advantage Energy AAV.TO$1.26B+6%+14%20%16.0×n/a
Peyto Exploration & Development PEY.TO$3.54B-5%+26%40%12.6×-2.1%
ARC Resources ARX.TOn/a+29%n/an/an/an/a
Kelt Exploration KEL.TO$1.45B+4%+30%17%12.4×n/a

How Advantage Energy compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Advantage Energy against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureAAV.TOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+2.4%-9.9%3rd highest of 21
6-month return+5.6%-18.7%3rd highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-20.0%-32.7%4th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+14.0%+8.9%8th highest of 18
Operating margin19.7%22.4%7th lowest of 18
Forward P/E16.0×7.6×3rd most expensive of 18
ROIC minus cost of capital-1.7 pp+1.5 pp6th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA6.5×3.7×4th most expensive of 17
Net debt / EBITDA1.8×0.9×5th most indebted of 17

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Advantage Energy AAV.TOCanada$1.26B+6%+14%20%16.0×n/an/a
Vedanta Oil and Gas VOGL.NSIndia$1.27Bn/an/an/an/an/an/a
Zhongman Petroleum and Natural Gas 603619.SSChina$1.30B-42%-13%20%20.7×n/an/a
Serica Energy SER.LUnited Kingdom$1.20B-17%+64%23%12.6×-13.0%+29.4%
Parex Resources PXT.TOCanada$1.36B-30%+14%29%3.5×-11.2%+11.5%
Oriental Energy 002221.SZChina$1.17B-36%-22%3%15.2×n/an/a
Cardinal Energy CJ.TOCanada$1.40B-8%+18%31%11.8×5.3%+17.9%
Tenaz Energy TNZ.TOCanada$1.13B-21%+381%16%11.9×17.7%+103.4%
Beach Energy BPT.AXAustralia$1.42B-16%-9%21%5.5×-12.2%+4.2%
Valeura Energy VLE.TOCanada$1.07B+11%+6%17%9.9×-17.3%+141.2%
BlueNord BNOR.OLNorway$1.49B-6%+28%32%10.9×-12.2%+15.0%
NextDecade NEXTUnited States$1.56B-23%n/an/an/an/an/a
Etablissements Maurel & Prom MAU.PAFrance$1.57B-29%-11%31%5.4×n/an/a
Vermilion Energy VET.TOCanada$1.61B-9%-2%14%4.3×-0.8%+9.1%
Spartan Delta SDE.TOCanada$1.63B-11%+93%32%7.6×n/an/a
Rockhopper Exploration RKH.LUnited Kingdom$937M-18%n/an/an/an/an/a
Energean ENOG.LUnited Kingdom$1.72B-19%+9%27%4.2×-2.4%+126.8%
Meren Energy MER.TOCanada$921M-19%+388%22%5.8×-16.4%n/a
HighPeak Energy HPKUnited States$903M+23%-13%16%24.6×n/an/a
Diversified Energy DECUnited States$899M-19%+109%15%2.1×-0.5%+32.3%
Karoon Energy KAR.AXAustralia$763M-23%-20%28%4.6×-10.4%+22.5%

Questions

Who are Advantage Energy's main competitors?
Named competitors: Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY.TO), ARC Resources (ARX.TO), Kelt Exploration (KEL.TO). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Vedanta Oil and Gas (VOGL.NS), Zhongman Petroleum and Natural Gas (603619.SS), Serica Energy (SER.L), Parex Resources (PXT.TO), Oriental Energy (002221.SZ), Cardinal Energy (CJ.TO).
Is Advantage Energy expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 16.0× against a peer median of 7.6×, 3rd most expensive of 18 in its peer set.
How has Advantage Energy stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +5.6% against -18.7% for the median peer; over one year -10.7%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.