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Challenger Energy Group (CEG) Competitors

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CEG vs. UTL, BHI, GMP, CTP, ET, PVR, CLP, EUSP, TRP, and PEG

Should you be buying Challenger Energy Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Challenger Energy Group include UIL (UTL), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHI), Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust (GMP), Castleton Technology (CTP), Establishment Investment Trust (ET), Providence Resources (PVR), Clear Leisure (CLP), EU supply (EUSP), Tower Resources (TRP), and Petards Group (PEG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Challenger Energy Group vs.

Challenger Energy Group (LON:CEG) and UIL (LON:UTL) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

UIL has a net margin of 156.15% compared to Challenger Energy Group's net margin of -496.73%. UIL's return on equity of -16.21% beat Challenger Energy Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Challenger Energy Group-496.73% -17.87% -6.18%
UIL 156.15%-16.21%-3.94%

Challenger Energy Group has higher revenue and earnings than UIL. UIL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Challenger Energy Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Challenger Energy Group£5.19M5.36-£25.80M-£6.69-1.35
UIL-£16.90M-6.05-£26.39M-£29.84-3.88

UIL received 87 more outperform votes than Challenger Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.99% of users gave UIL an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Challenger Energy Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Challenger Energy GroupOutperform Votes
No Votes
Underperform Votes
8
100.00%
UILOutperform Votes
87
76.99%
Underperform Votes
26
23.01%

In the previous week, UIL had 1 more articles in the media than Challenger Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for UIL and 1 mentions for Challenger Energy Group. Challenger Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat UIL's score of 0.73 indicating that Challenger Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Challenger Energy Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
UIL
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

25.3% of Challenger Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. 44.7% of Challenger Energy Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 78.0% of UIL shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Challenger Energy Group has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UIL has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Challenger Energy Group beats UIL on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CEG vs. The Competition

MetricChallenger Energy GroupOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£27.84M£1.25B£7.00B£2.56B
Dividend YieldN/A8.28%10.93%4.97%
P/E Ratio-1.35191.5747.92132.78
Price / Sales5.36102,327.5523,184.25244,461.27
Price / Cash0.8890.9935.4428.13
Price / Book0.191.403.484.55
Net Income-£25.80M£81.38M£4.29B£5.84B
7 Day Performance-3.78%-0.85%-1.09%2.92%
1 Month Performance-11.76%-8.29%-6.10%8.98%
1 Year Performance5,735.48%21.06%162.20%114.84%

Challenger Energy Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CEG
Challenger Energy Group
N/AGBX 9.05
-2.2%
N/A+5,754.4%£27.84M£5.19M-1.3513,400Positive News
Gap Down
UTL
UIL
N/AGBX 113
+3.7%
N/A+10.0%£99.94M£-16,899,017.20-3.79520Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
BHI
BMO UK High Income Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£99.66M£3.93M40.952,980Gap Up
GMP
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust
N/AGBX 8
flat
N/AN/A£82.67M£540.33M27.51N/A
CTP
Castleton Technology
N/AN/AN/AN/A£77.42M£25.08M20.60169
ET
Establishment Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£43.40M£-2,924,000.00-10.9612,600Gap Up
PVR
Providence Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/A£34.84MN/A-3.192Gap Down
CLP
Clear Leisure
N/AN/AN/AN/A£24.23M£39,000.00-13.504Gap Up
EUSP
EU supply
N/AN/AN/AN/A£15.47M£5.14M30.087Gap Up
TRP
Tower Resources
N/AGBX 0.03
flat
N/A+13.0%£4.49MN/A-2.657,480Gap Down
PEG
Petards Group
N/AGBX 7.25
+1.8%
N/A-6.5%£4.49M£10.27M-2.5112,500

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This page (LON:CEG) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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