SOUC vs. TRIN, EDR, PRD, CEG, PXEN, TLOU, SEA, BOIL, CHAR, and IGAS
Should you be buying Southern Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern Energy include Trinity Exploration & Production (TRIN), Egdon Resources (EDR), Predator Oil & Gas (PRD), Challenger Energy Group (CEG), Prospex Energy (PXEN), Tlou Energy (TLOU), Seascape Energy Asia (SEA), Baron Oil (BOIL), Chariot (CHAR), and IGas Energy (IGAS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Southern Energy vs. Its Competitors
Trinity Exploration & Production (LON:TRIN) and Southern Energy (LON:SOUC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Trinity Exploration & Production received 122 more outperform votes than Southern Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Southern Energy an outperform vote while only 67.38% of users gave Trinity Exploration & Production an outperform vote.
Trinity Exploration & Production has a net margin of -9.74% compared to Southern Energy's net margin of -274.42%. Trinity Exploration & Production's return on equity of -12.94% beat Southern Energy's return on equity.
Trinity Exploration & Production has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern Energy has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Southern Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Trinity Exploration & Production. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Southern Energy and 0 mentions for Trinity Exploration & Production. Southern Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Trinity Exploration & Production's score of 0.00 indicating that Southern Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
20.6% of Trinity Exploration & Production shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Southern Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 85.5% of Trinity Exploration & Production shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Southern Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Trinity Exploration & Production has higher revenue and earnings than Southern Energy. Southern Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Exploration & Production, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Trinity Exploration & Production beats Southern Energy on 9 of the 14 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 6/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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