Energean (ENOG) Competitors

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

Is HBR or ENOG a better dividend stock?

Harbour Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Energean pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. 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. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HBR or ENOG?

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HBR or ENOG?

16.9% of Harbour Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of Energean shares are held by institutional investors. 64.1% of Harbour Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of Energean shares are held by 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.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, HBR or ENOG?

Energean has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Harbour Energy	£8.29B	0.37	£71.42M	£3.18	54.43
Energean	£1.56B	1.29	£160.37M	£55.07	15.84

Do analysts recommend HBR or ENOG?

Harbour Energy presently has a consensus price target of GBX 322.50, indicating a potential upside of 86.31%. Energean has a consensus price target of GBX 940, indicating a potential upside of 7.74%. Given Harbour Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Harbour Energy is more favorable than Energean.

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

Does the media prefer HBR or ENOG?

In the previous week, Harbour Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Energean. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Harbour Energy and 0 mentions for Energean. Harbour Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Energean's score of 0.00 indicating that Harbour Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Harbour Energy	Positive
Energean	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, HBR or ENOG?

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

Is HBR or ENOG 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
Harbour Energy	0.86%	2.50%	3.96%
Energean	10.25%	18.48%	7.67%

Summary

Energean beats Harbour Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.