CEG vs. STAR, SYN, TRIN, SOU, PXEN, PMG, BLOE, BOIL, EOG, and LBE
Should you be buying Challenger Energy Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Challenger Energy Group include Star Energy Group (STAR), Synergia Energy (SYN), Trinity Exploration & Production (TRIN), Sound Energy (SOU), Prospex Energy (PXEN), The Parkmead Group (PMG), Block Energy (BLOE), Baron Oil (BOIL), Europa Oil & Gas (EOG), and Longboat Energy (LBE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Challenger Energy Group (LON:CEG) and Star Energy Group (LON:STAR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Star Energy Group had 5 more articles in the media than Challenger Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Star Energy Group and 1 mentions for Challenger Energy Group. Challenger Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Star Energy Group's score of 0.54 indicating that Challenger Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
22.6% of Challenger Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of Star Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. 45.9% of Challenger Energy Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Star Energy Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Challenger Energy Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Star Energy Group.
Challenger Energy Group has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star Energy Group has a beta of -0.13, meaning that its stock price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Star Energy Group has a consensus price target of GBX 66, suggesting a potential upside of 463.14%. Given Star Energy Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Star Energy Group is more favorable than Challenger Energy Group.
Star Energy Group received 343 more outperform votes than Challenger Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.92% of users gave Star Energy Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Challenger Energy Group an outperform vote.
Star Energy Group has a net margin of -58.41% compared to Challenger Energy Group's net margin of -62.05%. Challenger Energy Group's return on equity of -2.07% beat Star Energy Group's return on equity.
Summary
Challenger Energy Group and Star Energy Group tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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