PFC vs. SHG, FIF, RM, SBSI, IES, CFX, OFG, FCAP, OBT, and TRIN
Should you be buying Petrofac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petrofac include Shanta Gold (SHG), Finsbury Food Group (FIF), RM (RM), Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (SBSI), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), Colefax Group (CFX), Octopus Future Generations VCT (OFG), Cavendish Financial (FCAP), Obtala (OBT), and Trinity Exploration & Production (TRIN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Petrofac vs.
Petrofac (LON:PFC) and Shanta Gold (LON:SHG) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
Petrofac received 416 more outperform votes than Shanta Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.73% of users gave Shanta Gold an outperform vote while only 71.05% of users gave Petrofac an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Shanta Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Petrofac's score of -0.45 indicating that Shanta Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Petrofac has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shanta Gold has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Shanta Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Petrofac. Petrofac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shanta Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
27.4% of Petrofac shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Shanta Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.5% of Petrofac shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.2% of Shanta Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Petrofac pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 479.4%. Shanta Gold pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share. Petrofac pays out -36.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shanta Gold pays out 25.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Petrofac is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Shanta Gold has a net margin of 8.96% compared to Petrofac's net margin of -21.67%. Petrofac's return on equity of 108.19% beat Shanta Gold's return on equity.
Summary
Shanta Gold beats Petrofac on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PFC) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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