Deltic Energy (DELT) Competitors

IGas Energy (LON:IGAS) and Deltic Energy (LON:DELT) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, IGAS or DELT?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IGas Energy	£59.17M	0.00	-£11.78M	-£0.10	N/A
Deltic Energy	N/A	N/A	-£1.63M	-£2.05	-2.69

Is IGAS or DELT more profitable?

Deltic Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to IGas Energy's net margin of -19.91%. Deltic Energy's return on equity of -14.39% beat IGas Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IGas Energy	-19.91%	-18.56%	-5.66%
Deltic Energy	N/A	-14.39%	-86.43%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in IGAS or DELT?

55.7% of IGas Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.5% of Deltic Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of IGas Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 36.6% of Deltic Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate IGAS or DELT?

Deltic Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 59.50, suggesting a potential upside of 981.82%. Given Deltic Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Deltic Energy is more favorable than IGas Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IGas Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Deltic Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk & volatility, IGAS or DELT?

IGas Energy has a beta of -0.04, meaning that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deltic Energy has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IGAS or DELT?

IGas Energy received 330 more outperform votes than Deltic Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 88.89% of users gave Deltic Energy an outperform vote while only 72.53% of users gave IGas Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IGas Energy	Outperform Votes 338 72.53%	Underperform Votes 128 27.47%
Deltic Energy	Outperform Votes 8 88.89%	Underperform Votes 1 11.11%

Does the media favor IGAS or DELT?

In the previous week, IGas Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Deltic Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for IGas Energy and 0 mentions for Deltic Energy. Deltic Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat IGas Energy's score of -0.88 indicating that Deltic Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
IGas Energy	Negative
Deltic Energy	Neutral

Summary

Deltic Energy beats IGas Energy on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.