Serinus Energy (SENX) Competitors

Serinus Energy (LON:SENX) and Union Jack Oil (LON:UJO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is SENX or UJO more profitable?

Union Jack Oil has a net margin of 28.17% compared to Serinus Energy's net margin of -63.75%. Union Jack Oil's return on equity of 4.82% beat Serinus Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Serinus Energy	-63.75%	-40.49%	-7.16%
Union Jack Oil	28.17%	4.82%	2.59%

Does the media favor SENX or UJO?

In the previous week, Serinus Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Union Jack Oil'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Serinus Energy	Neutral
Union Jack Oil	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, SENX or UJO?

Union Jack Oil has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Serinus Energy. Serinus Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Union Jack Oil, 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
Serinus Energy	£17.81M	0.17	-£11.35M	-£0.07	-38.54
Union Jack Oil	£3.82M	2.86	£1.08M	£0.01	1,025.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SENX or UJO?

Union Jack Oil received 410 more outperform votes than Serinus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.72% of users gave Union Jack Oil an outperform vote while only 19.51% of users gave Serinus Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Serinus Energy	Outperform Votes 8 19.51%	Underperform Votes 33 80.49%
Union Jack Oil	Outperform Votes 418 75.72%	Underperform Votes 134 24.28%

Which has more volatility and risk, SENX or UJO?

Serinus Energy has a beta of -0.63, meaning that its share price is 163% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Union Jack Oil has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SENX or UJO?

42.4% of Serinus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Union Jack Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.8% of Serinus Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Union Jack Oil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Union Jack Oil beats Serinus Energy on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.