SOU vs. PMG, BOR, PXEN, UJO, SOUC, BOIL, CEG, ANGS, TLOU, and TRIN
Should you be buying Sound Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sound Energy include The Parkmead Group (PMG), Borders & Southern Petroleum (BOR), Prospex Energy (PXEN), Union Jack Oil (UJO), Southern Energy (SOUC), Baron Oil (BOIL), Challenger Energy Group (CEG), Angus Energy (ANGS), Tlou Energy (TLOU), and Trinity Exploration & Production (TRIN). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Sound Energy (LON:SOU) and The Parkmead Group (LON:PMG) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, Sound Energy had 7 more articles in the media than The Parkmead Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Sound Energy and 1 mentions for The Parkmead Group. Sound Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat The Parkmead Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Sound Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sound Energy has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Parkmead Group has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sound Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Parkmead Group. Sound Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Parkmead Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
5.0% of Sound Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of The Parkmead Group shares are held by institutional investors. 50.3% of Sound Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.5% of The Parkmead Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sound Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to The Parkmead Group's net margin of -286.64%. Sound Energy's return on equity of -7.08% beat The Parkmead Group's return on equity.
Sound Energy received 199 more outperform votes than The Parkmead Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.08% of users gave Sound Energy an outperform vote while only 73.54% of users gave The Parkmead Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Sound Energy beats The Parkmead Group on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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