Pharos Energy (PHAR) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PHAR or INDI?

33.8% of Pharos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.5% of Indus Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.6% of Pharos Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 82.7% of Indus Gas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, PHAR or INDI?

Indus Gas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pharos Energy. Pharos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Indus Gas, 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	£157.40M	0.63	-£48.80M	-£0.09	-262.22
Indus Gas	£61.80M	1.46	£30.79M	£0.13	379.62

Which has more risk & volatility, PHAR or INDI?

Pharos Energy has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Indus Gas has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PHAR or INDI more profitable?

Indus Gas has a net margin of 49.83% compared to Pharos Energy's net margin of -31.00%. Indus Gas' return on equity of 9.04% beat Pharos Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pharos Energy	-31.00%	-16.16%	-2.39%
Indus Gas	49.83%	9.04%	2.52%

Do analysts rate PHAR or INDI?

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)	N/A
Indus Gas	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PHAR or INDI?

Indus Gas received 38 more outperform votes than Pharos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.48% of users gave Pharos Energy an outperform vote while only 59.41% of users gave Indus Gas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pharos Energy	Outperform Votes 22 81.48%	Underperform Votes 5 18.52%
Indus Gas	Outperform Votes 60 59.41%	Underperform Votes 41 40.59%

Does the media refer more to PHAR or INDI?

In the previous week, Pharos Energy and Pharos Energy both had 1 articles in the media. Indus Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Pharos Energy's score of 0.49 indicating that Indus Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pharos Energy	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Indus Gas	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Indus Gas beats Pharos Energy on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.