PHAR vs. GPH, IGC, ARTL, AURA, ORPH, AMPH, ANW, KOD, MRK, and PHE
Should you be buying Pharos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pharos Energy include Global Ports (GPH), India Capital Growth (IGC), Alpha Real Trust (ARTL), Aura Energy (AURA), Open Orphan (ORPH), Aggregated Micro Power (AMPH), Aberdeen New Thai Investment Trust (ANW), Kodal Minerals (KOD), Marks Electrical Group (MRK), and PowerHouse Energy Group (PHE). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Pharos Energy vs. Its Competitors
Pharos Energy (LON:PHAR) and Global Ports (LON:GPH) are both small-cap pharmaceutical products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, dividends and valuation.
18.2% of Pharos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of Global Ports shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of Pharos Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 78.0% of Global Ports shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Global Ports has higher revenue and earnings than Pharos Energy. Global Ports is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pharos Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pharos Energy has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Ports has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pharos Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Global Ports'average media sentiment score.
Global Ports has a net margin of 0.46% compared to Pharos Energy's net margin of -29.06%. Global Ports' return on equity of 34.36% beat Pharos Energy's return on equity.
Pharos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Global Ports pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share. Pharos Energy pays out 161.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Global Ports pays out 370,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pharos Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Global Ports beats Pharos Energy on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:PHAR) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
