Kelt Exploration (KEL) Competitors

Kelt Exploration (TSE:KEL) and Dominion Diamond (TSE:DDC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, KEL or DDC?

Kelt Exploration has higher revenue and earnings than Dominion Diamond.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kelt Exploration	C$415.74M	3.43	C$66.59M	C$0.33	22.06
Dominion Diamond	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KEL or DDC?

31.4% of Kelt Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 15.9% of Kelt Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KEL or DDC?

Kelt Exploration received 328 more outperform votes than Dominion Diamond when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.44% of users gave Dominion Diamond an outperform vote while only 67.83% of users gave Kelt Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kelt Exploration	Outperform Votes 563 67.83%	Underperform Votes 267 32.17%
Dominion Diamond	Outperform Votes 235 73.44%	Underperform Votes 85 26.56%

Is KEL or DDC more profitable?

Kelt Exploration has a net margin of 16.02% compared to Dominion Diamond's net margin of 0.00%. Kelt Exploration's return on equity of 6.72% beat Dominion Diamond's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kelt Exploration	16.02%	6.72%	4.72%
Dominion Diamond	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate KEL or DDC?

Kelt Exploration currently has a consensus target price of C$9.38, suggesting a potential upside of 28.78%. Given Kelt Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kelt Exploration is more favorable than Dominion Diamond.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kelt Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Dominion Diamond	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 KEL or DDC?

In the previous week, Kelt Exploration had 7 more articles in the media than Dominion Diamond. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Kelt Exploration and 0 mentions for Dominion Diamond. Kelt Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Dominion Diamond's score of 0.00 indicating that Kelt Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kelt Exploration	Positive
Dominion Diamond	Neutral

Summary

Kelt Exploration beats Dominion Diamond on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.