ENOG vs. HBR, KOS, ITH, SEPL, SQZ, DEC, TLW, EGY, PTAL, and PANR
Should you be buying Energean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Energean include Harbour Energy (HBR), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Ithaca Energy (ITH), Seplat Energy (SEPL), Serica Energy (SQZ), Diversified Energy (DEC), Tullow Oil (TLW), VAALCO Energy (EGY), PetroTal (PTAL), and Pantheon Resources (PANR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Energean (LON:ENOG) and Harbour Energy (LON:HBR) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Energean had 1 more articles in the media than Harbour Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Energean and 0 mentions for Harbour Energy. Energean's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Harbour Energy'saverage media sentiment score.
Energean has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Harbour Energy. Energean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harbour Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Energean has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harbour Energy has a beta of -0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 129% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Energean pays an annual dividend of GBX 94 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Harbour Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Energean pays out 9,038.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Harbour Energy pays out 66,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Energean is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
51.8% of Energean shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.7% of Harbour Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.4% of Energean shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of Harbour Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Energean presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,565, suggesting a potential upside of 48.62%. Harbour Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 330, suggesting a potential upside of 8.80%. Given Energean's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Energean is more favorable than Harbour Energy.
Energean has a net margin of 13.03% compared to Harbour Energy's net margin of 0.85%. Energean's return on equity of 27.68% beat Harbour Energy's return on equity.
Energean received 69 more outperform votes than Harbour Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 87.18% of users gave Energean an outperform vote while only 71.74% of users gave Harbour Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Energean beats Harbour Energy on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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