Caspian Sunrise (CASP) Competitors

Caspian Sunrise (LON:CASP) and EnQuest (LON:ENQ) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CASP or ENQ?

EnQuest has higher revenue and earnings than Caspian Sunrise. Caspian Sunrise is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EnQuest, 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
Caspian Sunrise	£45.96M	1.59	£13.28M	£0.38	6.89
EnQuest	£1.59B	0.19	£25.24M	£0.88	14.99

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CASP or ENQ?

EnQuest received 564 more outperform votes than Caspian Sunrise when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.11% of users gave Caspian Sunrise an outperform vote while only 60.24% of users gave EnQuest an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Caspian Sunrise	Outperform Votes 80 85.11%	Underperform Votes 14 14.89%
EnQuest	Outperform Votes 644 60.24%	Underperform Votes 425 39.76%

Which has more volatility and risk, CASP or ENQ?

Caspian Sunrise has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EnQuest has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CASP or ENQ more profitable?

Caspian Sunrise has a net margin of 28.89% compared to EnQuest's net margin of 1.59%. Caspian Sunrise's return on equity of 16.04% beat EnQuest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Caspian Sunrise	28.89%	16.04%	4.65%
EnQuest	1.59%	4.40%	7.54%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CASP or ENQ?

0.2% of Caspian Sunrise shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.1% of EnQuest shares are held by institutional investors. 75.1% of Caspian Sunrise shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of EnQuest 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.

Does the media prefer CASP or ENQ?

In the previous week, Caspian Sunrise and Caspian Sunrise both had 1 articles in the media. EnQuest's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Caspian Sunrise's score of 0.00 indicating that EnQuest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Caspian Sunrise	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
EnQuest	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer CASP or ENQ?

EnQuest has a consensus target price of GBX 27, indicating a potential upside of 105.48%. Given EnQuest's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EnQuest is more favorable than Caspian Sunrise.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Caspian Sunrise	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
EnQuest	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

EnQuest beats Caspian Sunrise on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.