NWF vs. TXP, PHAR, AET, CHAR, INDI, RKH, BKY, ZPHR, PFC, and SAVE
Should you be buying NWF Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NWF Group include Touchstone Exploration (TXP), Pharos Energy (PHAR), Afentra (AET), Chariot (CHAR), Indus Gas (INDI), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Berkeley Energia (BKY), Zephyr Energy (ZPHR), Petrofac (PFC), and Savannah Energy (SAVE). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
NWF Group (LON:NWF) and Touchstone Exploration (LON:TXP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
NWF Group received 202 more outperform votes than Touchstone Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.90% of users gave NWF Group an outperform vote while only 43.75% of users gave Touchstone Exploration an outperform vote.
NWF Group has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
41.1% of NWF Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.1% of Touchstone Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.6% of NWF Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Touchstone Exploration shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NWF Group has a net margin of 1.32% compared to Touchstone Exploration's net margin of -57.23%. NWF Group's return on equity of 17.36% beat Touchstone Exploration's return on equity.
NWF Group has higher revenue and earnings than Touchstone Exploration. Touchstone Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NWF Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Touchstone Exploration has a consensus price target of GBX 100, suggesting a potential upside of 137.95%. Given Touchstone Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Touchstone Exploration is more favorable than NWF Group.
In the previous week, NWF Group had 3 more articles in the media than Touchstone Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for NWF Group and 3 mentions for Touchstone Exploration. Touchstone Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat NWF Group's score of 0.53 indicating that Touchstone Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
NWF Group beats Touchstone Exploration on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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