Pharos Energy (PHAR) Competitors

Pharos Energy (LON:PHAR) and Origin Enterprises (LON:OGN) are both small-cap pharmaceutical products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Is PHAR or OGN more profitable?

Origin Enterprises has a net margin of 1.98% compared to Pharos Energy's net margin of -29.06%. Origin Enterprises' return on equity of 10.29% beat Pharos Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pharos Energy	-29.06%	-16.16%	0.28%
Origin Enterprises	1.98%	10.29%	2.96%

Which has more volatility and risk, PHAR or OGN?

Pharos Energy has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origin Enterprises has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate PHAR or OGN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pharos Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Origin Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is PHAR or OGN a better dividend stock?

Pharos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Origin Enterprises pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Pharos Energy pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Origin Enterprises pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PHAR or OGN?

18.2% of Pharos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Origin Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of Pharos Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Origin Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PHAR or OGN?

Origin Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Pharos Energy. Origin Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pharos Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pharos Energy	£136M	0.68	-£56.99M	£0.05	416.67
Origin Enterprises	£2.02B	0.00	£3.62B	£0.49	7.66

Does the media refer more to PHAR or OGN?

In the previous week, Pharos Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Origin Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pharos Energy and 0 mentions for Origin Enterprises. Pharos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Origin Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that Pharos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Pharos Energy	Very Positive
Origin Enterprises	Neutral

Summary

Origin Enterprises beats Pharos Energy on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.