CHAR vs. GKP, ENQ, GENL, GTE, PANR, JSE, CNE, HUR, I3E, and SAVE
Should you be buying Chariot stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chariot include Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), EnQuest (ENQ), Genel Energy (GENL), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Pantheon Resources (PANR), Jadestone Energy (JSE), Capricorn Energy (CNE), Hurricane Energy (HUR), i3 Energy (I3E), and Savannah Energy (SAVE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LON:GKP) and Chariot (LON:CHAR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
32.2% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.0% of Chariot shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of Chariot 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.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Chariot. Gulf Keystone Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chariot, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum currently has a consensus target price of GBX 175, indicating a potential upside of 52.57%. Given Gulf Keystone Petroleum's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Gulf Keystone Petroleum is more favorable than Chariot.
Chariot has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Gulf Keystone Petroleum's net margin of -7.11%. Gulf Keystone Petroleum's return on equity of -1.51% beat Chariot's return on equity.
In the previous week, Chariot had 4 more articles in the media than Gulf Keystone Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Chariot and 3 mentions for Gulf Keystone Petroleum. Chariot's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's score of -0.09 indicating that Chariot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum received 138 more outperform votes than Chariot when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.14% of users gave Gulf Keystone Petroleum an outperform vote while only 54.77% of users gave Chariot an outperform vote.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chariot has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Gulf Keystone Petroleum beats Chariot on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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