PPP vs. MEN, NOG, UKOG, NTOG, BLVN, TOM, GBP, ADME, WTE, and CLON
Should you be buying Pennpetro Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pennpetro Energy include Molecular Energies (MEN), Nostrum Oil & Gas (NOG), UK Oil & Gas (UKOG), Nostra Terra Oil and Gas (NTOG), Bowleven (BLVN), TomCo Energy (TOM), Global Petroleum (GBP), ADM Energy (ADME), Westmount Energy (WTE), and Clontarf Energy (CLON). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Pennpetro Energy (LON:PPP) and Molecular Energies (LON:MEN) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
18.9% of Pennpetro Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Molecular Energies shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.4% of Pennpetro Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.7% of Molecular Energies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pennpetro Energy has a beta of -0.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molecular Energies has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pennpetro Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Molecular Energies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Pennpetro Energy and 0 mentions for Molecular Energies. Pennpetro Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Molecular Energies' score of 0.00 indicating that Pennpetro Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pennpetro Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Molecular Energies' net margin of -43.68%. Molecular Energies' return on equity of -21.00% beat Pennpetro Energy's return on equity.
Pennpetro Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Molecular Energies. Pennpetro Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Molecular Energies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pennpetro Energy received 26 more outperform votes than Molecular Energies when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Pennpetro Energy beats Molecular Energies on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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