ENOG vs. HBR, KOS, ITH, SEPL, SQZ, TTE, YCA, WG, TGA, and AT
Should you be buying Energean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Energean include Harbour Energy (HBR), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Ithaca Energy (ITH), Seplat Energy (SEPL), Serica Energy (SQZ), TotalEnergies (TTE), Yellow Cake (YCA), John Wood Group (WG), Thungela Resources (TGA), and Ashtead Technology (AT). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Harbour Energy (LON:HBR) and Energean (LON:ENOG) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
Energean has a net margin of 13.03% compared to Energean's net margin of 0.85%. Harbour Energy's return on equity of 27.68% beat Energean's return on equity.
Harbour Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Energean pays an annual dividend of GBX 95 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Harbour Energy pays out 66,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Energean pays out 11,445.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Energean is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
35.2% of Harbour Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.8% of Energean shares are held by institutional investors. 33.5% of Harbour Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.3% of Energean shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Harbour Energy has a beta of -0.29, indicating that its share price is 129% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energean has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Energean has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Harbour Energy. Energean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harbour Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Harbour Energy presently has a consensus price target of GBX 330, indicating a potential upside of 7.21%. Energean has a consensus price target of GBX 1,320, indicating a potential upside of 13.79%. Given Harbour Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Energean is more favorable than Harbour Energy.
Energean received 69 more outperform votes than Harbour Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 87.93% of users gave Energean an outperform vote while only 71.74% of users gave Harbour Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Harbour Energy and Harbour Energy both had 1 articles in the media. Harbour Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Energean's score of 0.54 indicating that Energean is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Energean beats Harbour Energy on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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