TXP vs. SEI, LGN, GTE, PNE, RECO, SNM, JOY, IPO, BNE, and GXE
Should you be buying Touchstone Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Touchstone Exploration include Sintana Energy (SEI), Logan Energy (LGN), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Pine Cliff Energy (PNE), Reconnaissance Energy Africa (RECO), ShaMaran Petroleum (SNM), Journey Energy (JOY), InPlay Oil (IPO), Bonterra Energy (BNE), and Gear Energy (GXE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Touchstone Exploration (TSE:TXP) and Sintana Energy (CVE:SEI) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
13.5% of Touchstone Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of Sintana Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Touchstone Exploration shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Sintana 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.
Sintana Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Touchstone Exploration's net margin of -38.88%. Touchstone Exploration's return on equity of -23.50% beat Sintana Energy's return on equity.
Touchstone Exploration received 75 more outperform votes than Sintana Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.21% of users gave Sintana Energy an outperform vote while only 67.86% of users gave Touchstone Exploration an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Touchstone Exploration had 3 more articles in the media than Sintana Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Touchstone Exploration and 5 mentions for Sintana Energy. Sintana Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Touchstone Exploration's score of 0.42 indicating that Sintana Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sintana Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Touchstone Exploration. Sintana Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Touchstone Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sintana Energy has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Touchstone Exploration and Sintana Energy tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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