Touchstone Exploration (TXP) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to SEI or TXP?

In the previous week, Touchstone Exploration had 1 more articles in the media than Sintana Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Touchstone Exploration and 0 mentions for Sintana Energy. Touchstone Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Sintana Energy's score of 0.63 indicating that Touchstone Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sintana Energy	Positive
Touchstone Exploration	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SEI or TXP?

Touchstone Exploration received 75 more outperform votes than Sintana Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.21% of users gave Sintana Energy an outperform vote while only 67.86% of users gave Touchstone Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sintana Energy	Outperform Votes 77 80.21%	Underperform Votes 19 19.79%
Touchstone Exploration	Outperform Votes 152 67.86%	Underperform Votes 72 32.14%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SEI or TXP?

Touchstone Exploration has higher revenue and earnings than Sintana Energy. Sintana Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Touchstone Exploration, 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
Sintana Energy	N/A	N/A	-C$10.05M	-C$0.03	-22.29
Touchstone Exploration	C$30.80M	2.35	-C$6.26M	-C$0.05	-8.22

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

1.2% of Sintana Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of Sintana Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SEI or TXP more profitable?

Sintana Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Touchstone Exploration's net margin of -20.31%. Touchstone Exploration's return on equity of -19.06% beat Sintana Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sintana Energy	N/A	-35.50%	-14.58%
Touchstone Exploration	-20.31%	-19.06%	-5.64%

Which has more risk & volatility, SEI or TXP?

Sintana Energy has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Touchstone Exploration beats Sintana Energy on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.