Genel Energy (GENL) Competitors

Genel Energy (LON:GENL) and Diversified Energy (LON:DEC) 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 GENL or DEC a better dividend stock?

Genel Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.1%. Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Genel Energy pays out -16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Genel Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GENL or DEC?

Diversified Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Genel Energy. Genel Energy 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
Genel Energy	£74.40M	3.09	-£33.50M	-£0.09	-922.22
Diversified Energy	£699.47M	0.89	£143.09M	£2.12	603.77

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GENL or DEC?

1.8% of Genel Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.1% of Genel Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer GENL or DEC?

Genel Energy presently has a consensus price target of GBX 105, suggesting a potential upside of 26.51%. Given Genel Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Genel Energy is more favorable than Diversified Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genel Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Diversified Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to GENL or DEC?

In the previous week, Diversified Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Genel Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Diversified Energy and 0 mentions for Genel Energy. Genel Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Diversified Energy's score of 0.82 indicating that Genel Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Genel Energy	Positive
Diversified Energy	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, GENL or DEC?

Genel Energy has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GENL or DEC?

Genel Energy received 535 more outperform votes than Diversified Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Diversified Energy an outperform vote while only 65.94% of users gave Genel Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genel Energy	Outperform Votes 544 65.94%	Underperform Votes 281 34.06%
Diversified Energy	Outperform Votes 9 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is GENL or DEC more profitable?

Diversified Energy has a net margin of 20.46% compared to Genel Energy's net margin of -57.12%. Diversified Energy's return on equity of 26.05% beat Genel Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genel Energy	-57.12%	-7.70%	-0.66%
Diversified Energy	20.46%	26.05%	3.52%

Summary

Genel Energy and Diversified Energy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.