Energean (ENOG) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ENOG or HBR?

Energean received 68 more outperform votes than Harbour Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 87.18% of users gave Energean an outperform vote while only 72.34% of users gave Harbour Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Energean	Outperform Votes 102 87.18%	Underperform Votes 15 12.82%
Harbour Energy	Outperform Votes 34 72.34%	Underperform Votes 13 27.66%

Is ENOG or HBR more profitable?

Energean has a net margin of 12.08% compared to Harbour Energy's net margin of 2.66%. Energean's return on equity of 43.04% beat Harbour Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energean	12.08%	43.04%	7.67%
Harbour Energy	2.66%	6.72%	3.96%

Do analysts recommend ENOG or HBR?

Energean presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,565, suggesting a potential upside of 71.79%. Harbour Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 343.75, suggesting a potential upside of 27.46%. Given Energean's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Energean is more favorable than Harbour Energy.

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)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is ENOG or HBR a better dividend stock?

Energean pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Harbour Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Energean pays out 8,035.7% 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 22,222.2% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ENOG or HBR?

52.8% 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 insiders. Comparatively, 64.1% of Harbour Energy 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.

Does the media refer more to ENOG or HBR?

In the previous week, Energean had 1 more articles in the media than Harbour Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Energean and 0 mentions for Harbour Energy. Harbour Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.74 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	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, ENOG or HBR?

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

Which has preferable 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	£1.69B	0.99	£273.48M	£1.12	813.39
Harbour Energy	£3.65B	1.06	£97M	£0.09	2,996.67

Summary

Energean beats Harbour Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.