i3 Energy (I3E) Competitors

Touchstone Exploration (LON:TXP) and i3 Energy (LON:I3E) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has better earnings and valuation, TXP or I3E?

i3 Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Touchstone Exploration. Touchstone Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than i3 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
Touchstone Exploration	£24.37M	6.51	-£3.05M	-£0.01	-6,800.00
i3 Energy	£182.35M	0.86	£38.17M	£0.03	434.00

Does the media refer more to TXP or I3E?

In the previous week, i3 Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Touchstone Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for i3 Energy and 0 mentions for Touchstone Exploration. Touchstone Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat i3 Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that i3 Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Touchstone Exploration	Neutral
i3 Energy	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TXP or I3E?

6.6% of Touchstone Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of i3 Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.0% of Touchstone Exploration shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of i3 Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TXP or I3E?

i3 Energy received 62 more outperform votes than Touchstone Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.90% of users gave i3 Energy an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave Touchstone Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Touchstone Exploration	Outperform Votes 1 20.00%	Underperform Votes 4 80.00%
i3 Energy	Outperform Votes 63 75.90%	Underperform Votes 20 24.10%

Is TXP or I3E more profitable?

i3 Energy has a net margin of 20.93% compared to i3 Energy's net margin of -12.51%. Touchstone Exploration's return on equity of 24.30% beat i3 Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Touchstone Exploration	-12.51%	-4.14%	0.18%
i3 Energy	20.93%	24.30%	9.65%

Do analysts rate TXP or I3E?

Touchstone Exploration currently has a consensus target price of GBX 160, suggesting a potential upside of 135.29%. Given i3 Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Touchstone Exploration is more favorable than i3 Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Touchstone Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
i3 Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, TXP or I3E?

Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, i3 Energy has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

i3 Energy beats Touchstone Exploration on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.