Tullow Oil (TLW) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TLW or PANR?

Tullow Oil has higher revenue and earnings than Pantheon Resources. Pantheon Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tullow 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
Tullow Oil	£1.97B	0.13	£19.84M	£0.85	16.00
Pantheon Resources	£22.26K	22,712.18	-£19.19M	-£1.07	-33.03

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TLW or PANR?

Tullow Oil received 1047 more outperform votes than Pantheon Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.98% of users gave Pantheon Resources an outperform vote while only 69.77% of users gave Tullow Oil an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tullow Oil	Outperform Votes 1214 69.77%	Underperform Votes 526 30.23%
Pantheon Resources	Outperform Votes 167 71.98%	Underperform Votes 65 28.02%

Does the media prefer TLW or PANR?

In the previous week, Tullow Oil had 3 more articles in the media than Pantheon Resources. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Tullow Oil and 2 mentions for Pantheon Resources. Pantheon Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Tullow Oil's score of -0.05 indicating that Pantheon Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tullow Oil	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pantheon Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TLW or PANR?

43.5% of Tullow Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.6% of Pantheon Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 24.6% of Tullow Oil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Pantheon Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TLW or PANR more profitable?

Tullow Oil has a net margin of 1.01% compared to Pantheon Resources' net margin of -86,206.12%. Pantheon Resources' return on equity of -4.20% beat Tullow Oil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tullow Oil	1.01%	-6.32%	5.94%
Pantheon Resources	-86,206.12%	-4.20%	-0.77%

Do analysts prefer TLW or PANR?

Tullow Oil presently has a consensus target price of GBX 25, suggesting a potential upside of 84.64%. Pantheon Resources has a consensus target price of GBX 85.50, suggesting a potential upside of 141.53%. Given Pantheon Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pantheon Resources is more favorable than Tullow Oil.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tullow Oil	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Pantheon Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, TLW or PANR?

Tullow Oil has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pantheon Resources has a beta of -0.36, suggesting that its share price is 136% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tullow Oil beats Pantheon Resources on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.