Touchstone Exploration (TXP) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNE or TXP?

Capricorn Energy received 1159 more outperform votes than Touchstone Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.67% of users gave Capricorn Energy an outperform vote while only 40.74% of users gave Touchstone Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capricorn Energy	Outperform Votes 1170 67.67%	Underperform Votes 559 32.33%
Touchstone Exploration	Outperform Votes 11 40.74%	Underperform Votes 16 59.26%

Does the media favor CNE or TXP?

In the previous week, Touchstone Exploration had 4 more articles in the media than Capricorn Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Touchstone Exploration and 1 mentions for Capricorn Energy. Capricorn Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Touchstone Exploration's score of 0.78 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)	Positive
Touchstone Exploration	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, 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.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CNE or TXP?

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

Which has higher earnings and 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	0.81	-£112.65M	-£100.80	-2.34
Touchstone Exploration	£53.93M	1.20	-£10.95M	-£2.99	-7.33

Do analysts rate CNE or TXP?

Capricorn Energy presently has a consensus target price of GBX 260, indicating a potential upside of 10.31%. Touchstone Exploration has a consensus target price of GBX 60, indicating a potential upside of 173.97%. Given Touchstone Exploration's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

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%

Summary

Capricorn Energy beats Touchstone Exploration on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.