I3E vs. EGY, SQZ, DEC, PTAL, TLW, GKP, ENQ, GENL, GTE, and JSE
Should you be buying i3 Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of i3 Energy include VAALCO Energy (EGY), Serica Energy (SQZ), Diversified Energy (DEC), PetroTal (PTAL), Tullow Oil (TLW), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), EnQuest (ENQ), Genel Energy (GENL), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), and Jadestone Energy (JSE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
i3 Energy (LON:I3E) and VAALCO Energy (LON:EGY) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, i3 Energy and i3 Energy both had 1 articles in the media. VAALCO Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat i3 Energy's score of 0.88 indicating that VAALCO Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
i3 Energy received 52 more outperform votes than VAALCO Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote while only 75.90% of users gave i3 Energy an outperform vote.
VAALCO Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 720, indicating a potential upside of 49.22%. Given VAALCO Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VAALCO Energy is more favorable than i3 Energy.
54.4% of i3 Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of VAALCO Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of i3 Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of VAALCO Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
i3 Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. i3 Energy pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VAALCO Energy pays out 3,114.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
i3 Energy has a beta of 0.17, suggesting that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
VAALCO Energy has a net margin of 17.82% compared to i3 Energy's net margin of 9.59%. VAALCO Energy's return on equity of 18.19% beat i3 Energy's return on equity.
VAALCO Energy has higher revenue and earnings than i3 Energy. VAALCO Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than i3 Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
VAALCO Energy beats i3 Energy on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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