Diversified Energy (DEC) Competitors

Diversified Energy (LON:DEC) and Great Portland Estates (LON:GPOR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

Is DEC or GPOR more profitable?

Diversified Energy has a net margin of 20.46% compared to Great Portland Estates' net margin of 0.00%. Diversified Energy's return on equity of 26.05% beat Great Portland Estates' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diversified Energy	20.46%	26.05%	3.52%
Great Portland Estates	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DEC or GPOR?

Diversified Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Great Portland Estates. Great Portland Estates is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diversified 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
Diversified Energy	£699.47M	0.88	£143.09M	£2.12	600.94
Great Portland Estates	£100.70M	18.54	N/A	£5.90	124.66

Is DEC or GPOR a better dividend stock?

Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Great Portland Estates pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Diversified Energy pays out 4,245.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Great Portland Estates pays out 2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DEC or GPOR?

78.5% of Diversified Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 18.1% of Diversified Energy shares are held by 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.

Does the media refer more to DEC or GPOR?

In the previous week, Diversified Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Great Portland Estates. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Diversified Energy and 0 mentions for Great Portland Estates. Diversified Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Great Portland Estates' score of 0.00 indicating that Diversified Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Diversified Energy	Positive
Great Portland Estates	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DEC or GPOR?

Great Portland Estates received 518 more outperform votes than Diversified Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Diversified Energy an outperform vote while only 60.85% of users gave Great Portland Estates an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diversified Energy	Outperform Votes 9 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Great Portland Estates	Outperform Votes 527 60.85%	Underperform Votes 339 39.15%

Summary

Diversified Energy beats Great Portland Estates on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.