Touchstone Exploration (TXP) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CNE or TXP?

Touchstone Exploration has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Capricorn Energy. Touchstone Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capricorn 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
Capricorn Energy	£257.69M	1.00	-£112.65M	-£100.80	-2.89
Touchstone Exploration	£53.93M	1.31	-£10.95M	-£2.99	-8.06

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CNE or TXP?

Capricorn Energy received 1160 more outperform votes than Touchstone Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.65% of users gave Capricorn Energy an outperform vote while only 39.13% of users gave Touchstone Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capricorn Energy	Outperform Votes 1169 67.65%	Underperform Votes 559 32.35%
Touchstone Exploration	Outperform Votes 9 39.13%	Underperform Votes 14 60.87%

Which has more volatility and risk, CNE or TXP?

Capricorn Energy has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CNE or TXP more profitable?

Touchstone Exploration has a net margin of -20.31% compared to Capricorn Energy's net margin of -43.72%. Capricorn Energy's return on equity of -14.26% beat Touchstone Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capricorn Energy	-43.72%	-14.26%	-4.89%
Touchstone Exploration	-20.31%	-19.06%	-5.64%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CNE or TXP?

92.1% of Capricorn Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Capricorn Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CNE or TXP?

In the previous week, Capricorn Energy and Capricorn Energy both had 1 articles in the media. Capricorn Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Touchstone Exploration's score of 1.27 indicating that Capricorn Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Capricorn Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Touchstone Exploration	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer CNE or TXP?

Capricorn Energy presently has a consensus price target of GBX 260, suggesting a potential downside of 10.65%. Touchstone Exploration has a consensus price target of GBX 60, suggesting a potential upside of 149.22%. Given Touchstone Exploration's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Touchstone Exploration is more favorable than Capricorn Energy.

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

Summary

Capricorn Energy beats Touchstone Exploration on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.