Falcon Oil & Gas (FOG) Competitors

Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) and Falcon Oil & Gas (LON:FOG) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer RKH or FOG?

Rockhopper Exploration presently has a consensus target price of GBX 37, suggesting a potential downside of 13.15%. Given Rockhopper Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Rockhopper Exploration is more favorable than Falcon Oil & Gas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rockhopper Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Falcon Oil & Gas	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RKH or FOG?

Rockhopper Exploration received 188 more outperform votes than Falcon Oil & Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.16% of users gave Falcon Oil & Gas an outperform vote while only 74.25% of users gave Rockhopper Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rockhopper Exploration	Outperform Votes 418 74.25%	Underperform Votes 145 25.75%
Falcon Oil & Gas	Outperform Votes 230 76.16%	Underperform Votes 72 23.84%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, RKH or FOG?

Falcon Oil & Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rockhopper Exploration, 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
Rockhopper Exploration	N/A	N/A	£19.71K	£0.00	21,641.94
Falcon Oil & Gas	N/A	N/A	-£3.52M	-£0.20	-32.33

Does the media favor RKH or FOG?

In the previous week, Rockhopper Exploration and Rockhopper Exploration both had 1 articles in the media. Rockhopper Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Falcon Oil & Gas' score of 0.00 indicating that Rockhopper Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rockhopper Exploration	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Falcon Oil & Gas	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RKH or FOG?

6.9% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.6% of Falcon Oil & Gas shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of Falcon Oil & Gas shares are held by 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 risk and volatility, RKH or FOG?

Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Falcon Oil & Gas has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RKH or FOG more profitable?

Rockhopper Exploration's return on equity of 0.01% beat Falcon Oil & Gas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rockhopper Exploration	N/A	0.01%	-1.19%
Falcon Oil & Gas	N/A	-6.17%	-3.61%

Summary

Rockhopper Exploration beats Falcon Oil & Gas on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.