SQZ vs. DAL, ASC, PAC, SAVE, RYA, PAL, NSH, PXS, ALK, and SHIP
Should you be buying Serica Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Serica Energy include Dalata Hotel Group (DAL), ASOS (ASC), Pacific Assets (PAC), Savannah Energy (SAVE), Ryanair (RYA), Equatorial Palm Oil plc (PAL.L) (PAL), Norish (NSH), Provexis (PXS), Alkemy Capital Investments (ALK), and Tufton Oceanic Assets (SHIP). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Serica Energy vs.
Serica Energy (LON:SQZ) and Dalata Hotel Group (LON:DAL) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
28.3% of Serica Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.7% of Serica Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dalata Hotel Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Serica Energy. Serica Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dalata Hotel Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Serica Energy presently has a consensus target price of GBX 208.33, suggesting a potential upside of 57.95%. Dalata Hotel Group has a consensus target price of GBX 480, suggesting a potential upside of 20.00%. Given Serica Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Serica Energy is more favorable than Dalata Hotel Group.
Dalata Hotel Group has a net margin of 13.44% compared to Serica Energy's net margin of -1.09%. Dalata Hotel Group's return on equity of 5.96% beat Serica Energy's return on equity.
Serica Energy has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dalata Hotel Group has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Serica Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.4%. Dalata Hotel Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Serica Energy pays out -1,585.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dalata Hotel Group pays out 32.1% 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. Serica Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Serica Energy received 72 more outperform votes than Dalata Hotel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.69% of users gave Serica Energy an outperform vote while only 73.25% of users gave Dalata Hotel Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Serica Energy had 23 more articles in the media than Dalata Hotel Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Serica Energy and 4 mentions for Dalata Hotel Group. Serica Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Dalata Hotel Group's score of 0.31 indicating that Serica Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Serica Energy beats Dalata Hotel Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SQZ) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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