DELT vs. IGAS, CEG, SOU, BOR, PMG, INDI, STAR, BOIL, ANGS, and SYN
Should you be buying Deltic Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Deltic Energy include IGas Energy (IGAS), Challenger Energy Group (CEG), Sound Energy (SOU), Borders & Southern Petroleum (BOR), The Parkmead Group (PMG), Indus Gas (INDI), Star Energy Group (STAR), Baron Oil (BOIL), Angus Energy (ANGS), and Synergia Energy (SYN). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
IGas Energy (LON:IGAS) and Deltic Energy (LON:DELT) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
IGas Energy received 334 more outperform votes than Deltic Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Deltic Energy an outperform vote while only 72.53% of users gave IGas Energy an outperform vote.
55.7% of IGas Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.6% of Deltic Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of IGas Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Deltic Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Deltic Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IGas Energy. Deltic Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IGas Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Deltic Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Deltic Energy's net margin of -19.91%. IGas Energy's return on equity of -12.89% beat Deltic Energy's return on equity.
IGas Energy has a beta of -0.04, indicating that its share price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deltic Energy has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
IGas Energy currently has a consensus price target of GBX 70, suggesting a potential upside of 508.70%. Deltic Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 160, suggesting a potential upside of 946.44%. Given IGas Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Deltic Energy is more favorable than IGas Energy.
In the previous week, Deltic Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled IGas Energy'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Deltic Energy beats IGas Energy on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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