Petrel Resources (PET) Competitors

Petrel Resources (LON:PET) and Serinus Energy (LON:SENX) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, PET or SENX?

Petrel Resources has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Serinus Energy has a beta of -0.53, meaning that its stock price is 153% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PET or SENX?

Petrel Resources received 180 more outperform votes than Serinus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.15% of users gave Petrel Resources an outperform vote while only 20.51% of users gave Serinus Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Petrel Resources	Outperform Votes 188 73.15%	Underperform Votes 69 26.85%
Serinus Energy	Outperform Votes 8 20.51%	Underperform Votes 31 79.49%

Do analysts prefer PET or SENX?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Petrel Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Serinus Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PET or SENX?

Petrel Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Serinus Energy.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Petrel Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Serinus Energy	£28.90M	0.11	-£3.16M	-£0.03	-97.67

Is PET or SENX more profitable?

Petrel Resources has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Serinus Energy's net margin of -10.94%. Serinus Energy's return on equity of -8.94% beat Petrel Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Petrel Resources	N/A	-323.49%	-21.04%
Serinus Energy	-10.94%	-8.94%	-1.73%

Does the media favor PET or SENX?

In the previous week, Serinus Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Petrel Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Serinus Energy and 0 mentions for Petrel Resources. Serinus Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Petrel Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Serinus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Petrel Resources	Neutral
Serinus Energy	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PET or SENX?

4.0% of Petrel Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.8% of Serinus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.1% of Petrel Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Serinus Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Petrel Resources and Serinus Energy tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.