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.
UIL (LON:UTL) and Challenger Energy Group (LON:CEG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
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.
25.3% of Challenger Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.0% of UIL shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.7% of Challenger Energy Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
In the previous week, UIL had 4 more articles in the media than Challenger Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for UIL and 0 mentions for Challenger Energy Group. UIL's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Challenger Energy Group's score of 0.00 indicating that UIL is being referred to more favorably in the media.
UIL has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Challenger Energy Group has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
UIL beats Challenger Energy Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:CEG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff