SOUC vs. PRD, EDR, CEG, CHAR, PXEN, TLOU, SEA, BOIL, IGAS, and INDI
Should you be buying Southern Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern Energy include Predator Oil & Gas (PRD), Egdon Resources (EDR), Challenger Energy Group (CEG), Chariot (CHAR), Prospex Energy (PXEN), Tlou Energy (TLOU), Seascape Energy Asia (SEA), Baron Oil (BOIL), IGas Energy (IGAS), and Indus Gas (INDI). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Southern Energy vs. Its Competitors
Southern Energy (LON:SOUC) and Predator Oil & Gas (LON:PRD) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Southern Energy has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Predator Oil & Gas has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Southern Energy received 4 more outperform votes than Predator Oil & Gas when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Southern Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Predator Oil & Gas'average media sentiment score.
6.7% of Southern Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Southern Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Predator Oil & Gas shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Southern Energy has a net margin of -274.42% compared to Predator Oil & Gas' net margin of -2,956,481.31%. Predator Oil & Gas' return on equity of -16.68% beat Southern Energy's return on equity.
Predator Oil & Gas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Southern Energy. Predator Oil & Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southern Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Predator Oil & Gas beats Southern Energy on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (LON:SOUC) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
