DELT vs. INDI, EDR, PXEN, JOG, BOIL, TRIN, TLOU, IGAS, SOU, and UJO
Should you be buying Deltic Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Deltic Energy include Indus Gas (INDI), Egdon Resources (EDR), Prospex Energy (PXEN), Jersey Oil and Gas (JOG), Baron Oil (BOIL), Trinity Exploration & Production (TRIN), Tlou Energy (TLOU), IGas Energy (IGAS), Sound Energy (SOU), and Union Jack Oil (UJO). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Deltic Energy (LON:DELT) and Indus Gas (LON:INDI) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
30.7% of Deltic Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Indus Gas shares are held by institutional investors. 45.6% of Deltic Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 82.7% of Indus Gas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Indus Gas received 54 more outperform votes than Deltic Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.71% of users gave Deltic Energy an outperform vote while only 59.41% of users gave Indus Gas an outperform vote.
Indus Gas has a net margin of 49.83% compared to Deltic Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Indus Gas' return on equity of 9.04% beat Deltic Energy's return on equity.
Indus Gas has higher revenue and earnings than Deltic Energy. Deltic Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Indus Gas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Indus Gas had 2 more articles in the media than Deltic Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Indus Gas and 1 mentions for Deltic Energy. Deltic Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Indus Gas' score of 0.04 indicating that Deltic Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Deltic Energy has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Indus Gas has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Deltic Energy currently has a consensus target price of GBX 95, suggesting a potential upside of 955.56%. Given Deltic Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Deltic Energy is more favorable than Indus Gas.
Summary
Indus Gas beats Deltic Energy on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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