KIST vs. TXP, CNE, INDI, I3E, GTE, FOG, AET, PHAR, CHAR, and RKH
Should you be buying Kistos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kistos include Touchstone Exploration (TXP), Capricorn Energy (CNE), Indus Gas (INDI), i3 Energy (I3E), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Falcon Oil & Gas (FOG), Afentra (AET), Pharos Energy (PHAR), Chariot (CHAR), and Rockhopper Exploration (RKH). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Kistos (LON:KIST) and Touchstone Exploration (LON:TXP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
36.8% of Kistos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.1% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 31.0% of Kistos shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kistos has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kistos has a net margin of -3.53% compared to Touchstone Exploration's net margin of -4.87%. Touchstone Exploration's return on equity of -1.74% beat Kistos' return on equity.
Kistos received 7 more outperform votes than Touchstone Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 100.00% of users gave Kistos an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Touchstone Exploration an outperform vote.
Touchstone Exploration has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kistos.
Kistos currently has a consensus price target of GBX 455, indicating a potential upside of 211.64%. Touchstone Exploration has a consensus price target of GBX 130, indicating a potential upside of 157.43%. Given Kistos' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kistos is more favorable than Touchstone Exploration.
In the previous week, Kistos and Kistos both had 1 articles in the media. Touchstone Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Kistos' score of 0.00 indicating that Touchstone Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Kistos beats Touchstone Exploration on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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