SOUC vs. TRIN, ANGS, CRCL, UJO, CEG, BOIL, PXEN, LBE, SOU, and STAR
Should you be buying Southern Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern Energy include Trinity Exploration & Production (TRIN), Angus Energy (ANGS), Corcel (CRCL), Union Jack Oil (UJO), Challenger Energy Group (CEG), Baron Oil (BOIL), Prospex Energy (PXEN), Longboat Energy (LBE), Sound Energy (SOU), and Star Energy Group (STAR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Trinity Exploration & Production (LON:TRIN) and Southern Energy (LON:SOUC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
8.5% of Trinity Exploration & Production shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.0% of Southern Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 63.0% of Trinity Exploration & Production shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Southern Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Trinity Exploration & Production has a net margin of 1.54% compared to Trinity Exploration & Production's net margin of -27.38%. Southern Energy's return on equity of 2.11% beat Trinity Exploration & Production's return on equity.
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 beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern Energy has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Southern Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Trinity Exploration & Production. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Southern Energy and 2 mentions for Trinity Exploration & Production. Southern Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Trinity Exploration & Production's score of 0.06 indicating that Trinity Exploration & Production is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Southern Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 20, indicating a potential upside of 116.22%. Given Trinity Exploration & Production's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Southern Energy is more favorable than Trinity Exploration & Production.
Summary
Trinity Exploration & Production beats Southern Energy on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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