DELT vs. ECO, MATD, UJO, AEX, TLOU, UPL, JOG, BOR, ANGS, and ENW
Should you be buying Deltic Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Deltic Energy include Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas (ECO), Petro Matad (MATD), Union Jack Oil (UJO), Aminex (AEX), Tlou Energy (TLOU), Upland Resources (UPL), Jersey Oil and Gas (JOG), Borders & Southern Petroleum (BOR), Angus Energy (ANGS), and Enwell Energy (ENW). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Deltic Energy (LON:DELT) and Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas (LON:ECO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas received 156 more outperform votes than Deltic Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Deltic Energy an outperform vote while only 71.11% of users gave Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas an outperform vote.
18.6% of Deltic Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.3% of Deltic Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas' return on equity of -7.76% beat Deltic Energy's return on equity.
Deltic Energy presently has a consensus price target of GBX 160, suggesting a potential upside of 310.26%. Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas has a consensus price target of GBX 125, suggesting a potential upside of 1,119.51%. Given Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas is more favorable than Deltic Energy.
Deltic Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas. Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deltic Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Deltic Energy has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas had 2 more articles in the media than Deltic Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas and 0 mentions for Deltic Energy. Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Deltic Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas beats Deltic Energy on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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