Petrofac (PFC) Competitors

Petrofac (LON:PFC) and Shanta Gold (LON:SHG) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PFC or SHG?

27.4% of Petrofac shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Shanta Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of Petrofac shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.2% of Shanta Gold shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PFC or SHG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Petrofac	£2.50B	0.02	-£572M	-£0.85	-10.82
Shanta Gold	£150.50M	0.00	£13.48M	£0.01	N/A

Does the media prefer PFC or SHG?

In the previous week, Petrofac's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Shanta Gold'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Petrofac	Neutral
Shanta Gold	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, PFC or SHG?

Petrofac has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shanta Gold has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PFC or SHG a better dividend stock?

Petrofac pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 326.1%. Shanta Gold pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share. Petrofac pays out -3,529.4% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PFC or SHG?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Petrofac	Outperform Votes 756 71.05%	Underperform Votes 308 28.95%
Shanta Gold	Outperform Votes 340 82.73%	Underperform Votes 71 17.27%

Is PFC or SHG more profitable?

Shanta Gold has a net margin of 8.96% compared to Petrofac's net margin of -22.83%. Shanta Gold's return on equity of 8.47% beat Petrofac's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Petrofac	-22.83%	-261.06%	-9.55%
Shanta Gold	8.96%	8.47%	7.61%

Summary

Shanta Gold beats Petrofac on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.