IOG vs. WCAT, IGAS, PXEN, BOIL, SOUC, TLOU, CERP, COPL, SOU, and PPC
Should you be buying IOG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IOG include Wildcat Petroleum (WCAT), IGas Energy (IGAS), Prospex Energy (PXEN), Baron Oil (BOIL), Southern Energy (SOUC), Tlou Energy (TLOU), Columbus Energy Resources plc (CERP.L) (CERP), Canadian Overseas Petroleum (COPL), Sound Energy (SOU), and President Energy (PPC). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e & p" industry.
IOG vs.
Wildcat Petroleum (LON:WCAT) and IOG (LON:IOG) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Wildcat Petroleum has a net margin of 0.00% compared to IOG's net margin of -37.73%. Wildcat Petroleum's return on equity of -118.91% beat IOG's return on equity.
In the previous week, IOG had 2 more articles in the media than Wildcat Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for IOG and 0 mentions for Wildcat Petroleum. Wildcat Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat IOG's score of -0.06 indicating that Wildcat Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wildcat Petroleum has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IOG.
IOG received 221 more outperform votes than Wildcat Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users.
Wildcat Petroleum has a beta of -1.68, meaning that its stock price is 268% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IOG has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
18.7% of IOG shares are held by institutional investors. 70.2% of Wildcat Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.7% of IOG shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
IOG beats Wildcat Petroleum on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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