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Capricorn Energy (CNE) Competitors

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GBX 227.50 0.00 (0.00%)
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CNE vs. DEC, RKH, GKP, PTAL, PANR, 88E, ENQ, TLW, EGY, and GENL

Should you be buying Capricorn Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capricorn Energy include Diversified Energy (DEC), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), PetroTal (PTAL), Pantheon Resources (PANR), 88 Energy (88E), EnQuest (ENQ), Tullow Oil (TLW), VAALCO Energy (EGY), and Genel Energy (GENL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Capricorn Energy vs. Its Competitors

Diversified Energy (LON:DEC) and Capricorn Energy (LON:CNE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Capricorn Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 310, indicating a potential upside of 36.26%. Given Capricorn Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Capricorn Energy is more favorable than Diversified Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Diversified Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Capricorn Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

78.5% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Capricorn Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Capricorn Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Diversified Energy£945.01M0.75£193.32M£241.724.59
Capricorn Energy£257.69M0.78-£112.65M-£100.80-2.26

Diversified Energy has a net margin of 20.46% compared to Capricorn Energy's net margin of -43.72%. Diversified Energy's return on equity of 25.51% beat Capricorn Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Diversified Energy20.46% 25.51% 3.52%
Capricorn Energy -43.72%-14.26%-4.89%

In the previous week, Capricorn Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Diversified Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Capricorn Energy and 0 mentions for Diversified Energy. Capricorn Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Diversified Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Capricorn Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Diversified Energy Neutral
Capricorn Energy Positive

Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capricorn Energy has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Diversified Energy and Capricorn Energy tied by winning 8 of the 16 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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CNE vs. The Competition

MetricCapricorn EnergyOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£201.02M£1.43B£7.66B£3.07B
Dividend Yield15.47%8.22%10.94%5.02%
P/E Ratio-2.26265.3866.55165.46
Price / Sales0.78189,846.2642,254.57299,322.66
Price / Cash1.0886.6436.1427.97
Price / Book0.411.664.074.70
Net Income-£112.65M£83.35M£4.25B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.22%0.81%1.59%7.43%
1 Month Performance-1.09%1.04%3.29%14.80%
1 Year Performance20.37%33.62%13.81%78.22%

Capricorn Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNE
Capricorn Energy
3.3264 of 5 stars
GBX 227.50
flat
GBX 310
+36.3%
+23.9%£201.02M£257.69M-2.26172News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 1,094
+2.2%
N/A-8.3%£697.66M£945.01M4.531,603Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
RKH
Rockhopper Exploration
0.7517 of 5 stars
GBX 63.40
-3.6%
GBX 61.50
-3.0%
+321.1%£507.27MN/A32,208.9011Gap Up
GKP
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
1.552 of 5 stars
GBX 167
-0.1%
GBX 207.50
+24.3%
+23.3%£454.01M£134.56M-59.41471
PTAL
PetroTal
N/AGBX 37.44
-0.2%
N/A-12.8%£428.50M£415.33M4.0689
PANR
Pantheon Resources
2.0643 of 5 stars
GBX 23.30
-0.9%
GBX 79.50
+241.2%
+20.3%£332.79M£22.26K-21.7415
88E
88 Energy
N/AGBX 1.13
-1.4%
N/AN/A£328.07MN/A0.00N/A
ENQ
EnQuest
3.8438 of 5 stars
GBX 13.26
-0.7%
GBX 28
+111.2%
+4.8%£306.17M£1.59B15.13681
TLW
Tullow Oil
3.7227 of 5 stars
GBX 15.60
flat
GBX 30.50
+95.5%
-49.5%£288.55M£1.97B18.43399News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
EGY
VAALCO Energy
2.8992 of 5 stars
GBX 275
flat
GBX 625
+127.3%
N/A£285.29M£482.36M450.82189
GENL
Genel Energy
N/AGBX 62.50
-0.6%
GBX 92
+47.2%
-33.2%£217.04M£45.31M-10.24118Positive News
Gap Down

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