GTE vs. KIST, JSE, CHAR, PANR, CNE, GENL, INDI, I3E, TXP, and PHAR
Should you be buying Gran Tierra Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gran Tierra Energy include Kistos (KIST), Jadestone Energy (JSE), Chariot (CHAR), Pantheon Resources (PANR), Capricorn Energy (CNE), Genel Energy (GENL), Indus Gas (INDI), i3 Energy (I3E), Touchstone Exploration (TXP), and Pharos Energy (PHAR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
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.
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.
Kistos received 12 more outperform votes than Gran Tierra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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