Genel Energy (GENL) Competitors

Genel Energy (LON:GENL) and Diversified Energy (LON:DEC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, GENL or DEC?

Genel Energy has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GENL or DEC?

1.8% of Genel Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Diversified Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 68.1% of Genel Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of Diversified Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, GENL or DEC?

Diversified Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Genel Energy. Genel Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diversified 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
Genel Energy	£45.31M	4.02	-£26.39M	-£6.10	-8.61
Diversified Energy	£945.01M	0.70	£193.32M	£241.72	4.27

Does the media favor GENL or DEC?

In the previous week, Diversified Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Genel Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Diversified Energy and 0 mentions for Genel Energy. Diversified Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Genel Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Diversified Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Genel Energy	Neutral
Diversified Energy	Positive

Is GENL or DEC a better dividend stock?

Genel Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 28.6%. Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Genel Energy pays out -245.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diversified Energy pays out 37.2% 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. Genel Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GENL or DEC?

Genel Energy received 536 more outperform votes than Diversified Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Diversified Energy an outperform vote while only 65.98% of users gave Genel Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genel Energy	Outperform Votes 545 65.98%	Underperform Votes 281 34.02%
Diversified Energy	Outperform Votes 9 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is GENL or DEC more profitable?

Diversified Energy has a net margin of 20.46% compared to Genel Energy's net margin of -58.24%. Diversified Energy's return on equity of 25.51% beat Genel Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genel Energy	-58.24%	-5.17%	-0.66%
Diversified Energy	20.46%	25.51%	3.52%

Do analysts recommend GENL or DEC?

Genel Energy presently has a consensus target price of GBX 92, indicating a potential upside of 75.24%. Given Genel Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Genel Energy is more favorable than Diversified Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genel Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Diversified Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Diversified Energy beats Genel Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.