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Southern Energy (SOUC) Competitors

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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Southern Energy£21.98M0.29-£60.31M-£22.73-0.13
Petro Matad£8.34K2,450.54-£10.99M-£0.47-2.33

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Southern Energy-274.42% -217.00% -34.47%
Petro Matad -131,797.15%-33.15%-19.51%

In the previous week, Southern Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Petro Matad'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Southern Energy Neutral
Petro Matad Neutral

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SOUC 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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SOUC vs. The Competition

MetricSouthern EnergyOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£6.37M£1.43B£7.74B£3.01B
Dividend YieldN/A8.22%10.89%5.02%
P/E Ratio-0.13239.3960.33149.15
Price / Sales0.2993,471.2320,600.27254,247.76
Price / Cash1.8186.6436.2727.97
Price / Book0.271.623.714.57
Net Income-£60.31M£83.35M£4.21B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-7.60%1.00%0.47%7.46%
1 Month Performance0.10%1.23%3.39%11.33%
1 Year Performance-69.97%33.86%100.64%81.12%

Southern Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SOUC
Southern Energy
N/AGBX 3
-4.7%
N/A-70.0%£6.37M£21.98M-0.1319Gap Down
MATD
Petro Matad
N/AGBX 1.35
flat
N/A-57.7%£25.07M£8.34K-2.86N/A
EDR
Egdon Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/A£24.88M£8.08M220.0011,000
CEG
Challenger Energy Group
N/AGBX 8
-3.0%
N/A+4,744.4%£24.63M£5.19M-1.2013,400Gap Up
CHAR
Chariot
N/AGBX 1.48
+3.9%
N/A-80.8%£22.29M£225.12K-1.24N/AGap Up
TLOU
Tlou Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£21.80M-£50.39K-3.55N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
BOIL
Baron Oil
N/AN/AN/AN/A£21.17MN/A-0.879
PRD
Predator Oil & Gas
N/AGBX 2.98
-2.4%
N/A-71.3%£19.98M£194.44-3.52N/AGap Down
PXEN
Prospex Energy
N/AGBX 4.62
+0.4%
N/A-40.8%£19.02MN/A-25,426.537High Trading Volume
IGAS
IGas Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£18.97M£59.17M-148.90100Gap Up
INDI
Indus Gas
N/AGBX 6.90
-5.7%
N/A+139.3%£16.74M£25.30M2.07400

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This page (LON:SOUC) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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