SQZ vs. DEC, TLW, EGY, SEPL, PTAL, SAVE, ENQ, PANR, GKP, and GENL
Should you be buying Serica Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Serica Energy include Diversified Energy (DEC), Tullow Oil (TLW), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Seplat Energy (SEPL), PetroTal (PTAL), Savannah Energy (SAVE), EnQuest (ENQ), Pantheon Resources (PANR), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), and Genel Energy (GENL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Diversified Energy (LON:DEC) and Serica Energy (LON:SQZ) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
71.6% of Diversified Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Serica Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 12.8% of Diversified Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.8% of Serica Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Serica Energy has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Diversified Energy has a net margin of 93.96% compared to Diversified Energy's net margin of 16.28%. Serica Energy's return on equity of 329.81% beat Diversified Energy's return on equity.
Serica Energy received 290 more outperform votes than Diversified Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Diversified Energy an outperform vote while only 75.51% of users gave Serica Energy an outperform vote.
Diversified Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Serica Energy. Diversified Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Serica Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diversified Energy currently has a consensus price target of GBX 175, suggesting a potential downside of 84.11%. Given Serica Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Diversified Energy is more favorable than Serica Energy.
In the previous week, Serica Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Diversified Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Serica Energy and 3 mentions for Diversified Energy. Serica Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Diversified Energy's score of 1.20 indicating that Diversified Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 93 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Serica Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. Diversified Energy pays out 730.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Serica Energy pays out 8,518.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Diversified Energy beats Serica Energy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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