SQZ vs. GNK, DAL, PAC, ASC, SHIP, TORO, RYA, PAL, NSH, and ALK
Should you be buying Serica Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Serica Energy include Greene King (GNK), Dalata Hotel Group (DAL), Pacific Assets (PAC), ASOS (ASC), Tufton Oceanic Assets (SHIP), Chenavari Toro Income Fund (TORO), Ryanair (RYA), Equatorial Palm Oil plc (PAL.L) (PAL), Norish (NSH), and Alkemy Capital Investments (ALK). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Serica Energy vs. Its Competitors
Greene King (LON:GNK) and Serica Energy (LON:SQZ) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
Serica Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 200, indicating a potential upside of 23.10%. Given Serica Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Serica Energy is more favorable than Greene King.
28.3% of Serica Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 37.7% of Serica Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Serica Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Greene King. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Serica Energy and 0 mentions for Greene King. Serica Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Greene King's score of 0.00 indicating that Serica Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Greene King has higher revenue and earnings than Serica Energy. Serica Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greene King, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Greene King pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.33 per share. Serica Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.2%. Greene King pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Serica Energy pays out -1,585.2% 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.
Greene King has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Serica Energy's net margin of -1.09%. Greene King's return on equity of 0.00% beat Serica Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Serica Energy beats Greene King on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:SQZ) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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