Gran Tierra Energy (GTE) Competitors

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

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

78.5% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DEC or GTE?

Diversified Energy received 9 more outperform votes than Gran Tierra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diversified Energy	Outperform Votes 9 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Gran Tierra Energy	N/A	N/A

Is DEC or GTE more profitable?

Diversified Energy has a net margin of 20.46% compared to Gran Tierra Energy's net margin of 7.17%. Diversified Energy's return on equity of 25.51% beat Gran Tierra Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diversified Energy	20.46%	25.51%	3.52%
Gran Tierra Energy	7.17%	11.08%	8.16%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DEC or GTE?

Diversified Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Gran Tierra Energy. Gran Tierra 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
Diversified Energy	£945.01M	0.60	£193.32M	£241.72	3.66
Gran Tierra Energy	£897.99M	0.18	£64.39M	£112.78	3.06

Which has more risk and volatility, DEC or GTE?

Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gran Tierra Energy has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DEC or GTE?

In the previous week, Diversified Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Gran Tierra Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Diversified Energy and 0 mentions for Gran Tierra Energy. Diversified Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Gran Tierra Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Diversified Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Diversified Energy	Positive
Gran Tierra Energy	Neutral

Summary

Diversified Energy beats Gran Tierra Energy on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.