Upland Resources (UPL) Competitors

Zephyr Energy (LON:ZPHR) and Upland Resources (LON:UPL) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, ZPHR or UPL?

Zephyr Energy has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upland Resources has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ZPHR or UPL?

13.6% of Zephyr Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.3% of Zephyr Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.8% of Upland Resources shares are owned by company 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ZPHR or UPL?

Upland Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Zephyr Energy.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Zephyr Energy	£23.49M	2.25	-£4.19M	N/A	N/A
Upland Resources	N/A	N/A	-£1.44M	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ZPHR or UPL?

Upland Resources received 97 more outperform votes than Zephyr Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Zephyr Energy an outperform vote while only 66.45% of users gave Upland Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zephyr Energy	Outperform Votes 6 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Upland Resources	Outperform Votes 103 66.45%	Underperform Votes 52 33.55%

Do analysts rate ZPHR or UPL?

Zephyr Energy currently has a consensus target price of GBX 13, indicating a potential upside of 330.46%. Given Zephyr Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Zephyr Energy is more favorable than Upland Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zephyr Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Upland Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to ZPHR or UPL?

In the previous week, Zephyr Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Upland Resources'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Zephyr Energy	Neutral
Upland Resources	Neutral

Is ZPHR or UPL more profitable?

Upland Resources has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Zephyr Energy's net margin of -17.86%. Upland Resources' return on equity of 0.00% beat Zephyr Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zephyr Energy	-17.86%	-6.26%	-1.00%
Upland Resources	N/A	N/A	-129.43%

Summary

Zephyr Energy beats Upland Resources on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.