SOUC vs. EDR, INDI, CEG, TLOU, CHAR, BOIL, IGAS, PXEN, PMG, and SOU
Should you be buying Southern Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern Energy include Egdon Resources (EDR), Indus Gas (INDI), Challenger Energy Group (CEG), Tlou Energy (TLOU), Chariot (CHAR), Baron Oil (BOIL), IGas Energy (IGAS), Prospex Energy (PXEN), The Parkmead Group (PMG), and Sound Energy (SOU). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Southern Energy vs. Its Competitors
Southern Energy (LON:SOUC) and Egdon Resources (LON:EDR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, Southern Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Egdon Resources. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Southern Energy and 0 mentions for Egdon Resources. Southern Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Egdon Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Southern Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Egdon Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Southern Energy.
6.7% of Southern Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.6% of Egdon Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Southern Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 63.8% of Egdon Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Southern Energy has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Egdon Resources has a beta of -0.25, meaning that its share price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Egdon Resources has a net margin of 31.06% compared to Southern Energy's net margin of -274.42%. Egdon Resources' return on equity of 8.26% beat Southern Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Egdon Resources beats Southern Energy on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:SOUC) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff