Aminex (AEX) Competitors

Tullow Oil (LON:TLW) and Aminex (LON:AEX) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TLW or AEX?

Tullow Oil received 1039 more outperform votes than Aminex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.79% of users gave Tullow Oil an outperform vote while only 57.52% of users gave Aminex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tullow Oil	Outperform Votes 1215 69.79%	Underperform Votes 526 30.21%
Aminex	Outperform Votes 176 57.52%	Underperform Votes 130 42.48%

Which has better valuation and earnings, TLW or AEX?

Tullow Oil has higher revenue and earnings than Aminex. Aminex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tullow Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tullow Oil	£1.97B	0.13	£19.84M	£0.85	16.13
Aminex	£140.44K	438.79	-£1.40M	-£0.02	-54.97

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TLW or AEX?

43.5% of Tullow Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 24.6% of Tullow Oil shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.6% of Aminex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is TLW or AEX more profitable?

Tullow Oil has a net margin of 1.01% compared to Aminex's net margin of -999.11%. Aminex's return on equity of -3.39% beat Tullow Oil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tullow Oil	1.01%	-6.32%	5.94%
Aminex	-999.11%	-3.39%	-5.13%

Do analysts rate TLW or AEX?

Tullow Oil currently has a consensus price target of GBX 25, indicating a potential upside of 83.15%. Given Tullow Oil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Tullow Oil is more favorable than Aminex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tullow Oil	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Aminex	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility & risk, TLW or AEX?

Tullow Oil has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aminex has a beta of -0.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to TLW or AEX?

In the previous week, Tullow Oil had 3 more articles in the media than Aminex. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Tullow Oil and 2 mentions for Aminex. Aminex's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Tullow Oil's score of 0.05 indicating that Aminex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tullow Oil	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Aminex	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Tullow Oil beats Aminex on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.