SOUC vs. MATD, EDR, CEG, CHAR, TLOU, BOIL, PRD, PXEN, IGAS, and INDI
Should you be buying Southern Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern Energy include Petro Matad (MATD), Egdon Resources (EDR), Challenger Energy Group (CEG), Chariot (CHAR), Tlou Energy (TLOU), Baron Oil (BOIL), Predator Oil & Gas (PRD), Prospex Energy (PXEN), 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 Petro Matad (LON:MATD) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
Petro Matad has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Southern Energy. Petro Matad is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southern Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Southern Energy has a net margin of -274.42% compared to Petro Matad's net margin of -131,797.15%. Petro Matad's return on equity of -33.15% beat Southern Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Southern Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Petro Matad'saverage media sentiment score.
Southern Energy has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petro Matad has a beta of 2.24, indicating that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.
6.7% of Southern Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Petro Matad shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Southern Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.1% of Petro Matad shares are held by 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.
Summary
Petro Matad beats Southern Energy on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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This page (LON:SOUC) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff