GTE vs. SQZ, TLW, DEC, EGY, PTAL, SAVE, GKP, ENQ, PANR, and GENL
Should you be buying Gran Tierra Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gran Tierra Energy include Serica Energy (SQZ), Tullow Oil (TLW), Diversified Energy (DEC), VAALCO Energy (EGY), PetroTal (PTAL), Savannah Energy (SAVE), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), EnQuest (ENQ), Pantheon Resources (PANR), and Genel Energy (GENL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Serica Energy (LON:SQZ) and Gran Tierra Energy (LON:GTE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
Serica Energy currently has a consensus target price of GBX 225, indicating a potential upside of 28.50%. Given Gran Tierra Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Serica Energy is more favorable than Gran Tierra Energy.
Serica Energy has a net margin of 16.28% compared to Serica Energy's net margin of 0.51%. Gran Tierra Energy's return on equity of 19.36% beat Serica Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Serica Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Gran Tierra Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Serica Energy and 0 mentions for Gran Tierra Energy. Gran Tierra Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Serica Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Serica Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Serica Energy received 300 more outperform votes than Gran Tierra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users.
45.4% of Serica Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.3% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.8% of Serica Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Serica Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gran Tierra Energy. Serica Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gran Tierra Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Serica Energy has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gran Tierra Energy has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Serica Energy beats Gran Tierra Energy on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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