Zenith Energy (ZEN) Competitors

Zenith Energy (LON:ZEN) and Indus Gas (LON:INDI) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ZEN or INDI?

7.0% of Zenith Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Indus Gas shares are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of Zenith Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 82.7% of Indus Gas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, ZEN or INDI?

Zenith Energy has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Indus Gas has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ZEN or INDI?

In the previous week, Zenith Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Indus Gas. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Zenith Energy and 0 mentions for Indus Gas. Zenith Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Indus Gas' score of -0.76 indicating that Zenith Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Zenith Energy	Neutral
Indus Gas	Negative

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ZEN or INDI?

Zenith Energy received 76 more outperform votes than Indus Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.07% of users gave Zenith Energy an outperform vote while only 59.41% of users gave Indus Gas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zenith Energy	Outperform Votes 136 65.07%	Underperform Votes 73 34.93%
Indus Gas	Outperform Votes 60 59.41%	Underperform Votes 41 40.59%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ZEN or INDI?

Indus Gas has higher revenue and earnings than Zenith Energy. Zenith Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Indus Gas, 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
Zenith Energy	£1.79M	2.28	-£42.37M	-£0.09	-16.67
Indus Gas	£42.93M	0.37	£20.18M	£0.08	109.38

Is ZEN or INDI more profitable?

Indus Gas has a net margin of 47.02% compared to Zenith Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Indus Gas' return on equity of 5.71% beat Zenith Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zenith Energy	N/A	-59.83%	-4.65%
Indus Gas	47.02%	5.71%	1.65%

Summary

Indus Gas beats Zenith Energy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.