SQZ vs. DAL, PAC, ASC, RYA, SAVE, PAL, NSH, ALK, PXS, and SHIP
Should you be buying Serica Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Serica Energy include Dalata Hotel Group (DAL), Pacific Assets (PAC), ASOS (ASC), Ryanair (RYA), Savannah Energy (SAVE), Equatorial Palm Oil plc (PAL.L) (PAL), Norish (NSH), Alkemy Capital Investments (ALK), Provexis (PXS), and Tufton Oceanic Assets (SHIP). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Serica Energy vs. Its Competitors
Dalata Hotel Group (LON:DAL) and Serica Energy (LON:SQZ) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk and dividends.
74.4% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of Serica Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 63.8% of Serica Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Dalata Hotel Group has a net margin of 13.44% compared to Serica Energy's net margin of -1.09%. Dalata Hotel Group's return on equity of 5.96% beat Serica Energy's return on equity.
Dalata Hotel Group has higher revenue and earnings than Serica Energy. Serica Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dalata Hotel Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dalata Hotel Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Serica Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Dalata Hotel Group pays out 10.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Serica Energy pays out -317.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Serica Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Dalata Hotel Group has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Serica Energy has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Serica Energy had 23 more articles in the media than Dalata Hotel Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Serica Energy and 1 mentions for Dalata Hotel Group. Serica Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Dalata Hotel Group's score of 0.53 indicating that Serica Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dalata Hotel Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 480, suggesting a potential downside of 14.29%. Serica Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 208, suggesting a potential upside of 27.92%. Given Serica Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Serica Energy is more favorable than Dalata Hotel Group.
Summary
Dalata Hotel Group beats Serica Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SQZ) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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