TXP vs. GTE, HUR, I3E, ZEN, AET, JSE, PHAR, FOG, AEX, and SLE
Should you be buying Touchstone Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Touchstone Exploration include Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Hurricane Energy (HUR), i3 Energy (I3E), Zenith Energy (ZEN), Afentra (AET), Jadestone Energy (JSE), Pharos Energy (PHAR), Falcon Oil & Gas (FOG), Aminex (AEX), and San Leon Energy (SLE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Touchstone Exploration vs. Its Competitors
Gran Tierra Energy (LON:GTE) and Touchstone Exploration (LON:TXP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Gran Tierra Energy has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gran Tierra Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Touchstone Exploration. Touchstone Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gran Tierra Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Touchstone Exploration had 1 more articles in the media than Gran Tierra Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Touchstone Exploration and 0 mentions for Gran Tierra Energy. Touchstone Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Gran Tierra Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Touchstone Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
51.8% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gran Tierra Energy has a net margin of 7.17% compared to Touchstone Exploration's net margin of -20.31%. Gran Tierra Energy's return on equity of 11.08% beat Touchstone Exploration's return on equity.
Touchstone Exploration has a consensus target price of GBX 60, indicating a potential upside of 321.05%. Given Touchstone Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Touchstone Exploration is more favorable than Gran Tierra Energy.
Summary
Gran Tierra Energy beats Touchstone Exploration on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:TXP) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
