Deltic Energy (DELT) Competitors

Deltic Energy (LON:DELT) and IGas Energy (LON:IGAS) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Is DELT or IGAS more profitable?

Deltic Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to IGas Energy's net margin of -19.91%. Deltic Energy's return on equity of -14.39% beat IGas Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Deltic Energy	N/A	-14.39%	-86.43%
IGas Energy	-19.91%	-18.56%	-5.66%

Do analysts prefer DELT or IGAS?

Deltic Energy presently has a consensus price target of GBX 59.50, suggesting a potential upside of 981.82%. Given Deltic Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Deltic Energy is more favorable than IGas Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Deltic Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
IGas Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DELT or IGAS?

29.5% of Deltic Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.7% of IGas Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.6% of Deltic Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of IGas Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, DELT or IGAS?

Deltic Energy has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IGas Energy has a beta of -0.04, indicating that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to DELT or IGAS?

In the previous week, Deltic Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat IGas Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Deltic Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Deltic Energy	Very Positive
IGas Energy	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DELT or IGAS?

Deltic Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IGas Energy. Deltic Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IGas 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
Deltic Energy	N/A	N/A	-£1.63M	-£2.05	-2.69
IGas Energy	£59.17M	0.00	-£11.78M	-£0.10	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DELT or IGAS?

IGas Energy received 330 more outperform votes than Deltic Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 88.89% of users gave Deltic Energy an outperform vote while only 72.53% of users gave IGas Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Deltic Energy	Outperform Votes 8 88.89%	Underperform Votes 1 11.11%
IGas Energy	Outperform Votes 338 72.53%	Underperform Votes 128 27.47%

Summary

Deltic Energy beats IGas Energy on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.