RKH vs. INDI, CHAR, AET, FOG, PHAR, TXP, ZPHR, CASP, AXL, and PRD
Should you be buying Rockhopper Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rockhopper Exploration include Indus Gas (INDI), Chariot (CHAR), Afentra (AET), Falcon Oil & Gas (FOG), Pharos Energy (PHAR), Touchstone Exploration (TXP), Zephyr Energy (ZPHR), Caspian Sunrise (CASP), Arrow Exploration (AXL), and Predator Oil & Gas (PRD). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Indus Gas (LON:INDI) and Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
Rockhopper Exploration received 355 more outperform votes than Indus Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.11% of users gave Rockhopper Exploration an outperform vote while only 59.41% of users gave Indus Gas an outperform vote.
Rockhopper Exploration has a consensus price target of GBX 37, indicating a potential upside of 173.06%. Given Indus Gas' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rockhopper Exploration is more favorable than Indus Gas.
Indus Gas has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
2.5% of Indus Gas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 82.7% of Indus Gas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.2% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Rockhopper Exploration has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Indus Gas. Indus Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rockhopper Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rockhopper Exploration has a net margin of 26,113.18% compared to Rockhopper Exploration's net margin of 49.83%. Indus Gas' return on equity of 18.74% beat Rockhopper Exploration's return on equity.
In the previous week, Rockhopper Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Indus Gas'average media sentiment score.
Summary
Rockhopper Exploration beats Indus Gas on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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