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PetroTal (PTAL) Competitors

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GBX 32.77 +0.77 (+2.41%)
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PTAL vs. DEC, SQZ, KOS, RKH, GKP, PANR, EGY, ENQ, GENL, and HUR

Should you be buying PetroTal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PetroTal include Diversified Energy (DEC), Serica Energy (SQZ), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Pantheon Resources (PANR), VAALCO Energy (EGY), EnQuest (ENQ), Genel Energy (GENL), and Hurricane Energy (HUR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

PetroTal vs. Its Competitors

Diversified Energy (LON:DEC) and PetroTal (LON:PTAL) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and valuation.

In the previous week, PetroTal had 2 more articles in the media than Diversified Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PetroTal and 1 mentions for Diversified Energy. PetroTal's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Diversified Energy's score of 1.34 indicating that PetroTal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Diversified Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PetroTal
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

59.5% of Diversified Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.2% of PetroTal shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Diversified Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of PetroTal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

PetroTal has a net margin of 31.88% compared to Diversified Energy's net margin of 20.46%. Diversified Energy's return on equity of 25.51% beat PetroTal's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Diversified Energy20.46% 25.51% 3.52%
PetroTal 31.88%22.73%17.91%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Diversified Energy£1.20B0.61£193.32M-£266.00-3.58
PetroTal£349.46M0.86£132.43M£8.004.10

Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. PetroTal pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Diversified Energy pays out -0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PetroTal pays out 0.8% 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.

Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PetroTal has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PetroTal beats Diversified Energy on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PTAL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PTAL vs. The Competition

MetricPetroTalOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£299.60M£1.42B£7.85B£2.59B
Dividend Yield13.31%8.08%10.88%5.38%
P/E Ratio4.109.1315.42414.66
Price / Sales0.864,764.211,517.1697,398.97
Price / Cash4.2686.0436.6027.90
Price / Book0.631.774.397.57
Net Income£132.43M£82.88M£4.27B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-2.99%-0.52%-1.38%-0.69%
1 Month Performance-0.70%0.26%-0.28%0.83%
1 Year Performance-12.85%19.30%14.07%118.76%

PetroTal Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PTAL
PetroTal
N/AGBX 32.77
+2.4%
N/A-15.8%£299.60M£349.46M4.1089Gap Down
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 959
-0.8%
N/A+5.9%£733.45M£1.20B-360.531,603Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
SQZ
Serica Energy
2.471 of 5 stars
GBX 179.92
-1.4%
GBX 212.83
+18.3%
+26.3%£702.64M£570.52M-2,249.011,620Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
KOS
Kosmos Energy
3.3194 of 5 stars
GBX 121
+0.8%
N/A-64.1%£578.69M£1.49B-355.88240Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
RKH
Rockhopper Exploration
1.809 of 5 stars
GBX 76.40
-2.1%
GBX 90
+17.8%
+481.4%£489.36MN/A-674.9111
GKP
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
3.7229 of 5 stars
GBX 184.85
-1.3%
GBX 257
+39.0%
+39.9%£400.77M£163.17M-48,645.79471Gap Down
PANR
Pantheon Resources
2.2947 of 5 stars
GBX 27.75
+0.5%
GBX 66
+137.8%
+63.5%£370.40MN/A-2,747.5215News Coverage
Gap Up
EGY
VAALCO Energy
2.7821 of 5 stars
GBX 304
+3.1%
GBX 607.50
+99.8%
-35.9%£316.94M£458.56M821.62189Positive News
Gap Up
ENQ
EnQuest
3.5302 of 5 stars
GBX 10.32
+0.4%
GBX 24
+132.6%
-7.5%£191.86M£1.14B-172.00681
GENL
Genel Energy
3.1734 of 5 stars
GBX 65
-0.3%
GBX 80
+23.1%
-17.9%£178.97M£72.90M-329.95118Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
HUR
Hurricane Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£155.02M£275.50M194.755,660High Trading Volume

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