RKH vs. TXP, ZPHR, CASP, CHAR, PHAR, FOG, ENW, AEX, AET, and AXL
Should you be buying Rockhopper Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rockhopper Exploration include Touchstone Exploration (TXP), Zephyr Energy (ZPHR), Caspian Sunrise (CASP), Chariot (CHAR), Pharos Energy (PHAR), Falcon Oil & Gas (FOG), Enwell Energy (ENW), Aminex (AEX), Afentra (AET), and Arrow Exploration (AXL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) and Touchstone Exploration (LON:TXP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.
7.5% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 33.6% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Rockhopper Exploration had 1 more articles in the media than Touchstone Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Rockhopper Exploration and 0 mentions for Touchstone Exploration. Rockhopper Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Touchstone Exploration's score of 0.00 indicating that Rockhopper Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rockhopper Exploration has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Touchstone Exploration. Touchstone Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rockhopper Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rockhopper Exploration has a net margin of 26,113.18% compared to Touchstone Exploration's net margin of -57.23%. Rockhopper Exploration's return on equity of 18.74% beat Touchstone Exploration's return on equity.
Rockhopper Exploration presently has a consensus target price of GBX 37, suggesting a potential upside of 177.42%. Touchstone Exploration has a consensus target price of GBX 100, suggesting a potential upside of 218.47%. Given Touchstone Exploration's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Touchstone Exploration is more favorable than Rockhopper Exploration.
Rockhopper Exploration received 408 more outperform votes than Touchstone Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.11% of users gave Rockhopper Exploration an outperform vote while only 41.18% of users gave Touchstone Exploration an outperform vote.
Summary
Rockhopper Exploration beats Touchstone Exploration on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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