Caspian Sunrise (CASP) Competitors

VAALCO Energy (LON:EGY) and Caspian Sunrise (LON:CASP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, EGY or CASP?

VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caspian Sunrise has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate EGY or CASP?

VAALCO Energy presently has a consensus price target of GBX 625, suggesting a potential upside of 101.61%. Given VAALCO Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe VAALCO Energy is more favorable than Caspian Sunrise.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VAALCO Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Caspian Sunrise	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer EGY or CASP?

In the previous week, VAALCO Energy and VAALCO Energy both had 1 articles in the media. VAALCO Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Caspian Sunrise's score of 0.00 indicating that VAALCO Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VAALCO Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Caspian Sunrise	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, EGY or CASP?

VAALCO Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Caspian Sunrise. Caspian Sunrise is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VAALCO Energy, 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
VAALCO Energy	£482.36M	0.67	£85.04M	£0.61	508.20
Caspian Sunrise	£45.96M	1.72	£13.28M	£0.38	7.45

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EGY or CASP?

56.4% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Caspian Sunrise shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 75.1% of Caspian Sunrise shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is EGY or CASP more profitable?

Caspian Sunrise has a net margin of 28.89% compared to VAALCO Energy's net margin of 17.82%. VAALCO Energy's return on equity of 18.19% beat Caspian Sunrise's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VAALCO Energy	17.82%	18.19%	12.17%
Caspian Sunrise	28.89%	16.04%	4.65%

Is EGY or CASP a better dividend stock?

VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Caspian Sunrise pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 35.7%. VAALCO Energy pays out 3,114.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Caspian Sunrise pays out 265.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Caspian Sunrise is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EGY or CASP?

Caspian Sunrise received 67 more outperform votes than VAALCO Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote while only 85.11% of users gave Caspian Sunrise an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VAALCO Energy	Outperform Votes 13 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Caspian Sunrise	Outperform Votes 80 85.11%	Underperform Votes 14 14.89%

Summary

VAALCO Energy beats Caspian Sunrise on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.