Touchstone Exploration (TXP) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, TXP or SNM?

Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ShaMaran Petroleum has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TXP or SNM?

13.1% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.5% of ShaMaran Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.9% of ShaMaran Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer TXP or SNM?

In the previous week, Touchstone Exploration had 1 more articles in the media than ShaMaran Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Touchstone Exploration and 1 mentions for ShaMaran Petroleum. ShaMaran Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Touchstone Exploration's score of 0.66 indicating that ShaMaran Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Touchstone Exploration	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ShaMaran Petroleum	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TXP or SNM more profitable?

ShaMaran Petroleum has a net margin of -12.93% compared to Touchstone Exploration's net margin of -27.43%. ShaMaran Petroleum's return on equity of -7.04% beat Touchstone Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Touchstone Exploration	-27.43%	-18.11%	-5.64%
ShaMaran Petroleum	-12.93%	-7.04%	2.76%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, TXP or SNM?

ShaMaran Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Touchstone Exploration.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Touchstone Exploration	C$48.42M	1.95	-C$13.28M	-C$0.08	-5.00
ShaMaran Petroleum	C$78.18M	4.36	-C$10.11M	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TXP or SNM?

Touchstone Exploration received 91 more outperform votes than ShaMaran Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.86% of users gave Touchstone Exploration an outperform vote while only 59.22% of users gave ShaMaran Petroleum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Touchstone Exploration	Outperform Votes 152 67.86%	Underperform Votes 72 32.14%
ShaMaran Petroleum	Outperform Votes 61 59.22%	Underperform Votes 42 40.78%

Summary

ShaMaran Petroleum beats Touchstone Exploration on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.