Cadogan Energy Solutions (CAD) Competitors

Cadogan Energy Solutions (LON:CAD) and Touchstone Exploration (LON:TXP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CAD or TXP?

6.3% of Cadogan Energy Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 71.6% of Cadogan Energy Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CAD or TXP?

Touchstone Exploration has a consensus target price of GBX 60, indicating a potential upside of 183.02%. Given Touchstone Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Touchstone Exploration is more favorable than Cadogan Energy Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadogan Energy Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Touchstone Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CAD or TXP?

Cadogan Energy Solutions received 68 more outperform votes than Touchstone Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.46% of users gave Cadogan Energy Solutions an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Touchstone Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cadogan Energy Solutions	Outperform Votes 78 64.46%	Underperform Votes 43 35.54%
Touchstone Exploration	Outperform Votes 10 40.00%	Underperform Votes 15 60.00%

Which has more volatility & risk, CAD or TXP?

Cadogan Energy Solutions has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CAD or TXP?

Cadogan Energy Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Touchstone Exploration. Touchstone Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cadogan Energy Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cadogan Energy Solutions	£12.62M	1.09	£2.06M	£0.56	8.10
Touchstone Exploration	£53.93M	1.16	-£10.95M	-£2.99	-7.10

Does the media favor CAD or TXP?

In the previous week, Touchstone Exploration had 5 more articles in the media than Cadogan Energy Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Touchstone Exploration and 0 mentions for Cadogan Energy Solutions. Touchstone Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Cadogan Energy Solutions' score of 0.00 indicating that Touchstone Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cadogan Energy Solutions	Neutral
Touchstone Exploration	Positive

Is CAD or TXP more profitable?

Cadogan Energy Solutions has a net margin of 16.36% compared to Touchstone Exploration's net margin of -20.31%. Cadogan Energy Solutions' return on equity of 4.54% beat Touchstone Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cadogan Energy Solutions	16.36%	4.54%	0.66%
Touchstone Exploration	-20.31%	-19.06%	-5.64%

Summary

Cadogan Energy Solutions and Touchstone Exploration tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.