BLVN vs. SOUC, CEG, PMG, ANGS, SYN, LBE, STAR, PPP, EOG, and MSMN
Should you be buying Bowleven stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bowleven include Southern Energy (SOUC), Challenger Energy Group (CEG), The Parkmead Group (PMG), Angus Energy (ANGS), Synergia Energy (SYN), Longboat Energy (LBE), Star Energy Group (STAR), Pennpetro Energy (PPP), Europa Oil & Gas (EOG), and Mosman Oil and Gas (MSMN). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Bowleven (LON:BLVN) and Southern Energy (LON:SOUC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
5.4% of Bowleven shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Southern Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.9% of Bowleven shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Southern Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Bowleven had 1 more articles in the media than Southern Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bowleven and 1 mentions for Southern Energy. Southern Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Bowleven's score of 0.00 indicating that Southern Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bowleven's return on equity of -1.35% beat Southern Energy's return on equity.
Bowleven has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern Energy has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bowleven received 320 more outperform votes than Southern Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Southern Energy an outperform vote while only 69.83% of users gave Bowleven an outperform vote.
Bowleven has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Southern Energy.
Summary
Bowleven beats Southern Energy on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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