Pharos Energy (PHAR) Competitors

Origin Enterprises (LON:OGN) and Pharos Energy (LON:PHAR) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.

Is OGN or PHAR a better dividend stock?

Origin Enterprises pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 574.3%. Pharos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Origin Enterprises pays out 4,915.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pharos Energy pays out -10.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts recommend OGN or PHAR?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Origin Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Pharos Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OGN or PHAR?

Origin Enterprises received 90 more outperform votes than Pharos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.58% of users gave Origin Enterprises an outperform vote while only 68.75% of users gave Pharos Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Origin Enterprises	Outperform Votes 112 80.58%	Underperform Votes 27 19.42%
Pharos Energy	Outperform Votes 22 68.75%	Underperform Votes 10 31.25%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in OGN or PHAR?

62.1% of Origin Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Pharos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Origin Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.3% of Pharos Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, OGN or PHAR?

Origin Enterprises has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pharos Energy has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer OGN or PHAR?

In the previous week, Pharos Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Origin Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pharos Energy and 0 mentions for Origin Enterprises. Pharos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Origin Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that Pharos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Origin Enterprises	Neutral
Pharos Energy	Positive

Is OGN or PHAR more profitable?

Origin Enterprises has a net margin of 1.98% compared to Pharos Energy's net margin of -29.06%. Origin Enterprises' return on equity of 10.29% beat Pharos Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Origin Enterprises	1.98%	10.29%	2.96%
Pharos Energy	-29.06%	-16.16%	0.28%

Which has better valuation & earnings, OGN or PHAR?

Origin Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Pharos Energy. Pharos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Enterprises, 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
Origin Enterprises	£183.08B	0.00	£3.62B	£0.35	8.56
Pharos Energy	£196.07M	0.55	-£56.99M	-£9.40	-2.29

Summary

Origin Enterprises beats Pharos Energy on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.