Energean (ENOG) Competitors

Energean (LON:ENOG) and Harbour Energy (LON:HBR) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ENOG or HBR?

53.1% of Energean shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of Harbour Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 24.4% of Energean shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 64.1% of Harbour Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ENOG or HBR a better dividend stock?

Energean pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Harbour Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. Energean pays out 163.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Harbour Energy pays out 628.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ENOG or HBR?

Energean received 67 more outperform votes than Harbour Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.71% of users gave Energean an outperform vote while only 71.43% of users gave Harbour Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Energean	Outperform Votes 102 85.71%	Underperform Votes 17 14.29%
Harbour Energy	Outperform Votes 35 71.43%	Underperform Votes 14 28.57%

Which has more volatility & risk, ENOG or HBR?

Energean has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harbour Energy has a beta of -0.23, meaning that its share price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ENOG or HBR more profitable?

Energean has a net margin of 10.25% compared to Harbour Energy's net margin of 0.86%. Energean's return on equity of 18.48% beat Harbour Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energean	10.25%	18.48%	7.67%
Harbour Energy	0.86%	2.50%	3.96%

Does the media favor ENOG or HBR?

In the previous week, Harbour Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Energean's score of 0.00 indicating that Harbour Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Energean	Neutral
Harbour Energy	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ENOG or HBR?

Energean has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Harbour Energy. Energean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harbour 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
Energean	£1.56B	1.29	£160.37M	£55.07	15.81
Harbour Energy	£8.29B	0.33	£71.42M	£3.18	48.08

Do analysts prefer ENOG or HBR?

Energean currently has a consensus price target of GBX 940, suggesting a potential upside of 7.98%. Harbour Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 322.50, suggesting a potential upside of 110.92%. Given Harbour Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Harbour Energy is more favorable than Energean.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Energean	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Harbour Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Energean beats Harbour Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.