EGY vs. ITH, KOS, SEPL, DEC, SQZ, SAVE, TLW, PTAL, GKP, and PANR
Should you be buying VAALCO Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VAALCO Energy include Ithaca Energy (ITH), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Seplat Energy (SEPL), Diversified Energy (DEC), Serica Energy (SQZ), Savannah Energy (SAVE), Tullow Oil (TLW), PetroTal (PTAL), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), and Pantheon Resources (PANR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
VAALCO Energy vs.
VAALCO Energy (LON:EGY) and Ithaca Energy (LON:ITH) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
VAALCO Energy received 11 more outperform votes than Ithaca Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Ithaca Energy an outperform vote.
Ithaca Energy has higher revenue and earnings than VAALCO Energy. VAALCO Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ithaca Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, VAALCO Energy and VAALCO Energy both had 3 articles in the media. Ithaca Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat VAALCO Energy's score of 0.58 indicating that Ithaca Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
56.4% of VAALCO Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.7% of Ithaca Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of VAALCO Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 89.6% of Ithaca Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Ithaca Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 24.2%. 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. Ithaca Energy pays out 23,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
VAALCO Energy presently has a consensus target price of GBX 685, indicating a potential upside of 48.11%. Given VAALCO Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VAALCO Energy is more favorable than Ithaca Energy.
VAALCO Energy has a net margin of 17.82% compared to Ithaca Energy's net margin of 8.45%. VAALCO Energy's return on equity of 18.19% beat Ithaca Energy's return on equity.
Summary
VAALCO Energy beats Ithaca Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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