Harbour Energy (HBR) Competitors

Harbour Energy (LON:HBR) and Ithaca Energy (LON:ITH) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and dividends.

Do analysts rate HBR or ITH?

Harbour Energy currently has a consensus price target of GBX 367.50, suggesting a potential upside of 59.78%. Given Harbour Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Harbour Energy is more favorable than Ithaca Energy.

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

Does the media favor HBR or ITH?

In the previous week, Ithaca Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Harbour Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ithaca Energy and 0 mentions for Harbour Energy. Ithaca Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Harbour Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Ithaca Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Harbour Energy	Neutral
Ithaca Energy	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HBR or ITH?

16.9% of Harbour Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.7% of Ithaca Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.1% of Harbour Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 89.6% of Ithaca Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HBR or ITH?

Harbour Energy received 33 more outperform votes than Ithaca Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.83% of users gave Harbour Energy an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Ithaca Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Harbour Energy	Outperform Votes 34 70.83%	Underperform Votes 14 29.17%
Ithaca Energy	Outperform Votes 1 25.00%	Underperform Votes 3 75.00%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, HBR or ITH?

Ithaca Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Harbour Energy. Ithaca Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harbour 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
Harbour Energy	£8.29B	0.50	£71.42M	£3.18	72.32
Ithaca Energy	£3.55B	0.82	£230.29M	£8.76	16.01

Is HBR or ITH a better dividend stock?

Harbour Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Ithaca Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.0%. Harbour Energy pays out 628.8% 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 319.8% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is HBR or ITH more profitable?

Ithaca Energy has a net margin of 6.48% compared to Harbour Energy's net margin of 0.86%. Ithaca Energy's return on equity of 4.55% beat Harbour Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Harbour Energy	0.86%	2.50%	3.96%
Ithaca Energy	6.48%	4.55%	0.18%

Summary

Ithaca Energy beats Harbour Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.