Gran Tierra Energy (GTE) Competitors

Gran Tierra Energy (LON:GTE) and Kistos (LON:KIST) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Is GTE or KIST more profitable?

Gran Tierra Energy has a net margin of 2.99% compared to Kistos' net margin of -3.53%. Gran Tierra Energy's return on equity of 4.87% beat Kistos' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gran Tierra Energy	2.99%	4.87%	8.82%
Kistos	-3.53%	-10.79%	11.67%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GTE or KIST?

Kistos received 12 more outperform votes than Gran Tierra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gran Tierra Energy	N/A	N/A
Kistos	Outperform Votes 12 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media refer more to GTE or KIST?

In the previous week, Kistos had 1 more articles in the media than Gran Tierra Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Kistos and 0 mentions for Gran Tierra Energy. Kistos' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Gran Tierra Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Kistos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gran Tierra Energy	Neutral
Kistos	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GTE or KIST?

32.6% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.7% of Kistos shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Gran Tierra Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.4% of Kistos shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GTE or KIST?

Gran Tierra Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Kistos. Kistos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gran Tierra 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
Gran Tierra Energy	£644.65M	0.27	£19.28M	£0.40	1,300.00
Kistos	£379.16M	0.42	-£13.38M	-£0.14	-1,371.43

Do analysts prefer GTE or KIST?

Kistos has a consensus target price of GBX 480, indicating a potential upside of 147.45%. Given Kistos' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kistos is more favorable than Gran Tierra Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gran Tierra Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Kistos	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, GTE or KIST?

Gran Tierra Energy has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kistos has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kistos beats Gran Tierra Energy on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.