Pharos Energy (PHAR) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, OGN or PHAR?

Origin Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Pharos Energy. Pharos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Origin Enterprises, 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
Origin Enterprises	£183.08B	0.00	£3.62B	£0.35	10.13
Pharos Energy	£196.07M	0.50	-£56.99M	-£9.40	-2.08

Is OGN or PHAR 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
Origin Enterprises	1.98%	10.29%	2.96%
Pharos Energy	-29.06%	-16.16%	0.28%

Is OGN or PHAR a better dividend stock?

Origin Enterprises pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 485.3%. Pharos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Origin Enterprises pays out 4,915.5% 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 pays out -10.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate OGN or PHAR?

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in OGN or PHAR?

62.1% of Origin Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Pharos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Origin Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.3% of Pharos Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, OGN or PHAR?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OGN or PHAR?

Origin Enterprises received 90 more outperform votes than Pharos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.58% of users gave Origin Enterprises an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Pharos Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Origin Enterprises	Outperform Votes 112 80.58%	Underperform Votes 27 19.42%
Pharos Energy	Outperform Votes 22 66.67%	Underperform Votes 11 33.33%

Does the media prefer OGN or PHAR?

In the previous week, Origin Enterprises and Origin Enterprises both had 1 articles in the media. Pharos Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Origin Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that Pharos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Origin Enterprises	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Pharos Energy	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Origin Enterprises beats Pharos Energy on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.