ENOG vs. HBR, KOS, ITH, SEPL, SQZ, TTE, YCA, WG, TGA, and AT
Should you be buying Energean stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Energean include Harbour Energy (HBR), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Ithaca Energy (ITH), Seplat Energy (SEPL), Serica Energy (SQZ), TotalEnergies (TTE), Yellow Cake (YCA), John Wood Group (WG), Thungela Resources (TGA), and Ashtead Technology (AT). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Energean (LON:ENOG) and Harbour Energy (LON:HBR) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Energean has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harbour Energy has a beta of -0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 130% less volatile than the S&P 500.
58.9% of Energean shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.8% of Harbour Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 26.1% of Energean shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of Harbour Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Harbour Energy has a net margin of 0.85% compared to Energean's net margin of -3.22%. Harbour Energy's return on equity of 2.50% beat Energean's return on equity.
Energean received 70 more outperform votes than Harbour Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 87.93% of users gave Energean an outperform vote while only 71.11% of users gave Harbour Energy an outperform vote.
Harbour Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Energean. 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.
In the previous week, Energean and Energean both had 1 articles in the media. Energean's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Harbour Energy'saverage media sentiment score.
Energean pays an annual dividend of GBX 93 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Harbour Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Energean pays out -66,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Harbour Energy pays out -2,381.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Energean is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Energean presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,320, indicating a potential upside of 20.77%. Harbour Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 327.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.75%. Given Energean's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Energean is more favorable than Harbour Energy.
Summary
Energean and Harbour Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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