Touchstone Exploration (TXP) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TXP or RKH?

Rockhopper Exploration received 409 more outperform votes than Touchstone Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.25% of users gave Rockhopper Exploration an outperform vote while only 40.91% of users gave Touchstone Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Touchstone Exploration	Outperform Votes 9 40.91%	Underperform Votes 13 59.09%
Rockhopper Exploration	Outperform Votes 418 74.25%	Underperform Votes 145 25.75%

Do analysts prefer TXP or RKH?

Touchstone Exploration currently has a consensus price target of GBX 60, indicating a potential upside of 123.05%. Rockhopper Exploration has a consensus price target of GBX 37, indicating a potential downside of 2.12%. Given Touchstone Exploration's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Touchstone Exploration is more favorable than Rockhopper Exploration.

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
Rockhopper Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer TXP or RKH?

In the previous week, Rockhopper Exploration had 2 more articles in the media than Touchstone Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Rockhopper Exploration and 0 mentions for Touchstone Exploration. Rockhopper Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Touchstone Exploration's score of 0.00 indicating that Rockhopper Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Touchstone Exploration	Neutral
Rockhopper Exploration	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, TXP or RKH?

Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TXP or RKH?

13.1% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TXP or RKH more profitable?

Rockhopper Exploration has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Touchstone Exploration's net margin of -27.43%. Rockhopper Exploration's return on equity of 6.97% beat Touchstone Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Touchstone Exploration	-27.43%	-18.11%	-5.64%
Rockhopper Exploration	N/A	6.97%	-1.19%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TXP or RKH?

Rockhopper Exploration has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Touchstone Exploration. Touchstone Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rockhopper Exploration, 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	£48.42M	1.31	-£13.28M	-£0.04	-672.50
Rockhopper Exploration	£1.01M	239.25	£14.56M	£0.02	1,890.00

Summary

Rockhopper Exploration beats Touchstone Exploration on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.