Pharos Energy (PHAR) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, PHAR or GPH?

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.

Is PHAR or GPH a better dividend stock?

Pharos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 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 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PHAR or GPH?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pharos Energy	£136M	0.70	-£56.99M	£0.05	428.26
Global Ports	£193.58M	0.00	-£19.81M	£0.01	N/A

Does the media refer more to PHAR or GPH?

In the previous week, Pharos Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Global Ports. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pharos Energy and 2 mentions for Global Ports. Pharos Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Global Ports' score of 0.51 indicating that Pharos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pharos Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Global Ports	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PHAR or GPH?

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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PHAR or GPH more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pharos Energy	-29.06%	-16.16%	0.28%
Global Ports	0.46%	34.36%	3.88%

Summary

Global Ports beats Pharos Energy on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.