Touchstone Exploration (TXP) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CEI or TXP?

Touchstone Exploration received 152 more outperform votes than Coelacanth Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.86% of users gave Touchstone Exploration an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Coelacanth Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coelacanth Energy	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 1 100.00%
Touchstone Exploration	Outperform Votes 152 67.86%	Underperform Votes 72 32.14%

Does the media favor CEI or TXP?

In the previous week, Touchstone Exploration had 2 more articles in the media than Coelacanth Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Touchstone Exploration and 0 mentions for Coelacanth Energy. Touchstone Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Coelacanth Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Touchstone Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Coelacanth Energy	Neutral
Touchstone Exploration	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CEI or TXP?

Coelacanth Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Touchstone Exploration. Coelacanth 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
Coelacanth Energy	C$9.20M	46.10	-C$6.15M	-C$0.01	-80.00
Touchstone Exploration	C$48.42M	2.44	-C$13.28M	-C$0.08	-6.25

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

24.9% of Coelacanth Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 31.6% of Coelacanth Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CEI or TXP more profitable?

Touchstone Exploration has a net margin of -27.43% compared to Coelacanth Energy's net margin of -66.84%. Coelacanth Energy's return on equity of -4.61% beat Touchstone Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coelacanth Energy	-66.84%	-4.61%	-3.98%
Touchstone Exploration	-27.43%	-18.11%	-5.64%

Which has more risk & volatility, CEI or TXP?

Coelacanth Energy has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Coelacanth Energy beats Touchstone Exploration on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.