HBR vs. ITH, SEPL, ENOG, SQZ, DEC, KOS, RKH, GKP, PANR, and EGY
Should you be buying Harbour Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harbour Energy include Ithaca Energy (ITH), Seplat Energy (SEPL), Energean (ENOG), Serica Energy (SQZ), Diversified Energy (DEC), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Pantheon Resources (PANR), and VAALCO Energy (EGY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Harbour Energy vs. Its Competitors
Ithaca Energy (LON:ITH) and Harbour Energy (LON:HBR) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
Ithaca Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Harbour Energy. Ithaca Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harbour Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ithaca Energy has a net margin of 6.48% compared to Harbour Energy's net margin of 0.86%. Ithaca Energy's return on equity of 4.55% beat Harbour Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ithaca Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Harbour Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ithaca Energy and 1 mentions for Harbour Energy. Ithaca Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Harbour Energy's score of 1.02 indicating that Ithaca Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ithaca Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Harbour Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Ithaca Energy pays out -208.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Harbour Energy pays out -91.0% 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.
Ithaca Energy currently has a consensus target price of GBX 200, indicating a potential upside of 2.88%. Harbour Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 267.67, indicating a potential upside of 29.81%. Given Harbour Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Harbour Energy is more favorable than Ithaca Energy.
3.0% of Ithaca Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.5% of Harbour Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ithaca Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Harbour Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Ithaca Energy beats Harbour Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:HBR) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
