This is therefore a contrasting of the dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and valuation in Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN:GTE) and Rosehill Resources Inc. (NASDAQ:ROSE). The two are both Independent Oil & Gas companies that compete with one another.

Earnings & Valuation

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gran Tierra Energy Inc.	613.43M	1.49	102.62M	0.17	13.82
Rosehill Resources Inc.	287.37M	0.64	26.66M	-5.27	0.00

Table 1 demonstrates Gran Tierra Energy Inc. and Rosehill Resources Inc.’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Profitability

Table 2 provides the return on assets, net margins and return on equity of the two firms.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gran Tierra Energy Inc.	16.73%	10.2%	6.2%
Rosehill Resources Inc.	9.28%	-110.1%	-4.8%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

The shares of both Gran Tierra Energy Inc. and Rosehill Resources Inc. are owned by institutional investors at 81% and 39.3% respectively. About 0.9% of Gran Tierra Energy Inc.’s share are held by insiders. On the other hand, insiders held about 7.7% of Rosehill Resources Inc.’s shares.

Performance

Here are the Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly and YTD Performance of both pretenders.

	Performance (W)	Performance (M)	Performance (Q)	Performance (HY)	Performance (Y)	Performance (YTD)
Gran Tierra Energy Inc.	4.37%	0.84%	-7%	-31.32%	-3.24%	10.14%
Rosehill Resources Inc.	-7.89%	-16.09%	-22.13%	-63.91%	-54.16%	30.94%

For the past year Gran Tierra Energy Inc. has weaker performance than Rosehill Resources Inc.

Summary

Gran Tierra Energy Inc. beats on 10 of the 11 factors Rosehill Resources Inc.

Gran Tierra Energy Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties in Colombia, Peru, and Brazil. As of December 31, 2016, the company had total proved undeveloped reserves of 14.9 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBOE), including 10.4 MMBOE in Colombia and 4.5 MMBOE in Brazil. Gran Tierra Energy Inc. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Rosehill Resources Inc., an independent oil and natural gas company, focuses on the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of unconventional oil and associated liquids-rich natural gas reserves in the Permian Basin. As of December 31, 2016, it operated 20 horizontal and 1 vertical wells in the Permian Basin; and 18 vertical and 21 horizontal wells in the Barnett Shale in the Fort Worth Basin. The company also holds working interests in approximately 4,789 net acres in the Delaware Basin properties, as well as 4,468 net acres in the Barnett Shale; and has identified 202 horizontal drilling locations, including 13 locations associated with proved undeveloped reserves. Rosehill Resources Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.