DCC vs. KOS, HBR, ENOG, TTE, ITH, NWF, YCA, WG, SEPL, and SQZ
Should you be buying DCC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DCC include Kosmos Energy (KOS), Harbour Energy (HBR), Energean (ENOG), TotalEnergies (TTE), Ithaca Energy (ITH), NWF Group (NWF), Yellow Cake (YCA), John Wood Group (WG), Seplat Energy (SEPL), and Serica Energy (SQZ). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
DCC (LON:DCC) and Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
DCC has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DCC pays an annual dividend of GBX 190 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. DCC pays out 5,621.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kosmos Energy pays out 4,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, DCC had 3 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for DCC and 2 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat DCC's score of -0.04 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DCC received 394 more outperform votes than Kosmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.11% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote while only 71.84% of users gave DCC an outperform vote.
DCC has higher revenue and earnings than Kosmos Energy. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DCC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DCC presently has a consensus target price of GBX 5,881, indicating a potential upside of 2.05%. Kosmos Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 610, indicating a potential upside of 29.79%. Given Kosmos Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than DCC.
79.9% of DCC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of DCC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kosmos Energy has a net margin of 12.55% compared to DCC's net margin of 1.57%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 23.46% beat DCC's return on equity.
Summary
Kosmos Energy beats DCC on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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