Cadogan Energy Solutions (CAD) Competitors

Cadogan Energy Solutions (LON:CAD) and Touchstone Exploration (LON:TXP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CAD or TXP?

6.3% of Cadogan Energy Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Touchstone Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. 71.6% of Cadogan Energy Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Touchstone Exploration shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, CAD or TXP?

Cadogan Energy Solutions has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CAD or TXP more profitable?

Cadogan Energy Solutions has a net margin of 16.36% compared to Touchstone Exploration's net margin of -20.31%. Cadogan Energy Solutions' return on equity of 4.54% beat Touchstone Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cadogan Energy Solutions	16.36%	4.54%	0.66%
Touchstone Exploration	-20.31%	-19.06%	-5.64%

Do analysts recommend CAD or TXP?

Touchstone Exploration has a consensus target price of GBX 60, indicating a potential upside of 224.32%. Given Touchstone Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Touchstone Exploration is more favorable than Cadogan Energy Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadogan Energy Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Touchstone Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAD or TXP?

Cadogan Energy Solutions received 67 more outperform votes than Touchstone Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.46% of users gave Cadogan Energy Solutions an outperform vote while only 39.29% of users gave Touchstone Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cadogan Energy Solutions	Outperform Votes 78 64.46%	Underperform Votes 43 35.54%
Touchstone Exploration	Outperform Votes 11 39.29%	Underperform Votes 17 60.71%

Does the media favor CAD or TXP?

In the previous week, Touchstone Exploration had 1 more articles in the media than Cadogan Energy Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Touchstone Exploration and 0 mentions for Cadogan Energy Solutions. Cadogan Energy Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Touchstone Exploration's score of 0.01 indicating that Cadogan Energy Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cadogan Energy Solutions	Positive
Touchstone Exploration	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CAD or TXP?

Cadogan Energy Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Touchstone Exploration. Touchstone Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cadogan Energy Solutions, 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
Cadogan Energy Solutions	£12.62M	1.10	£2.06M	£0.56	8.19
Touchstone Exploration	£53.93M	1.01	-£10.95M	-£2.99	-6.19

Summary

Cadogan Energy Solutions beats Touchstone Exploration on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.