Touchstone Exploration (TXP) Competitors

Touchstone Exploration (LON:TXP) and Hurricane Energy (LON:HUR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in TXP or HUR?

13.1% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of Hurricane Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Hurricane Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend TXP or HUR?

Touchstone Exploration currently has a consensus target price of GBX 60, suggesting a potential upside of 370.59%. Given Touchstone Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Touchstone Exploration is more favorable than Hurricane Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Touchstone Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hurricane Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility & risk, TXP or HUR?

Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hurricane Energy has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, TXP or HUR?

Hurricane Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Touchstone Exploration. Touchstone Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hurricane Energy, 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
Touchstone Exploration	£53.93M	0.70	-£10.95M	-£2.99	-4.27
Hurricane Energy	£275.50M	0.00	£42.42M	£0.04	N/A

Does the media refer more to TXP or HUR?

In the previous week, Hurricane Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Touchstone Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hurricane Energy and 0 mentions for Touchstone Exploration. Touchstone Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Hurricane Energy's score of -0.28 indicating that Touchstone Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Touchstone Exploration	Neutral
Hurricane Energy	Neutral

Is TXP or HUR more profitable?

Hurricane Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Touchstone Exploration's net margin of -20.31%. Hurricane Energy's return on equity of 32.05% beat Touchstone Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Touchstone Exploration	-20.31%	-19.06%	-5.64%
Hurricane Energy	N/A	32.05%	7.09%

Summary

Hurricane Energy beats Touchstone Exploration on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.