KIST vs. PTAL, SAVE, GKP, ENQ, PANR, GENL, GTE, JSE, HUR, and CNE
Should you be buying Kistos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kistos include PetroTal (PTAL), Savannah Energy (SAVE), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), EnQuest (ENQ), Pantheon Resources (PANR), Genel Energy (GENL), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Jadestone Energy (JSE), Hurricane Energy (HUR), and Capricorn Energy (CNE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
PetroTal (LON:PTAL) and Kistos (LON:KIST) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.
PetroTal received 22 more outperform votes than Kistos when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Kistos an outperform vote while only 87.80% of users gave PetroTal an outperform vote.
29.2% of PetroTal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.7% of Kistos shares are held by institutional investors. 18.4% of PetroTal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.0% of Kistos shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
PetroTal has a net margin of 44.79% compared to PetroTal's net margin of -3.53%. Kistos' return on equity of 31.02% beat PetroTal's return on equity.
PetroTal has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kistos. Kistos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PetroTal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PetroTal had 2 more articles in the media than Kistos. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PetroTal and 0 mentions for Kistos. Kistos' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled PetroTal'saverage media sentiment score.
PetroTal has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kistos has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kistos has a consensus target price of GBX 465, indicating a potential upside of 239.42%. Given PetroTal's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kistos is more favorable than PetroTal.
Summary
PetroTal beats Kistos on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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