HBR vs. KOS, ENOG, ITH, SEPL, SQZ, EGY, TTE, YCA, WG, and TGA
Should you be buying Harbour Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harbour Energy include Kosmos Energy (KOS), Energean (ENOG), Ithaca Energy (ITH), Seplat Energy (SEPL), Serica Energy (SQZ), VAALCO Energy (EGY), TotalEnergies (TTE), Yellow Cake (YCA), John Wood Group (WG), and Thungela Resources (TGA). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) and Harbour Energy (LON:HBR) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Kosmos Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Harbour Energy. Harbour Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kosmos Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.7% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.0% of Harbour Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of Harbour Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Harbour Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Kosmos Energy pays out 4,000.0% 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 -2,381.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Harbour Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Kosmos Energy received 50 more outperform votes than Harbour Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.11% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote while only 71.74% of users gave Harbour Energy an outperform vote.
Kosmos Energy has a net margin of 12.55% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 0.85%. Harbour Energy's return on equity of 23.46% beat Kosmos Energy's return on equity.
Kosmos Energy currently has a consensus price target of GBX 610, suggesting a potential upside of 32.03%. Harbour Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 330, suggesting a potential upside of 15.75%. Given Harbour Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Harbour Energy.
In the previous week, Kosmos Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Harbour Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Kosmos Energy and 1 mentions for Harbour Energy. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Harbour Energy's score of 0.11 indicating that Harbour Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.39, indicating that its share price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harbour Energy has a beta of -0.3, indicating that its share price is 130% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kosmos Energy beats Harbour Energy on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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