TGA vs. SEPL, SQZ, WG, AT, HTG, EGY, TLW, DEC, ITH, and PTAL
Should you be buying Thungela Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thungela Resources include Seplat Energy (SEPL), Serica Energy (SQZ), John Wood Group (WG), Ashtead Technology (AT), Hunting (HTG), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Tullow Oil (TLW), Diversified Energy (DEC), Ithaca Energy (ITH), and PetroTal (PTAL). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Seplat Energy (LON:SEPL) and Thungela Resources (LON:TGA) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Thungela Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Seplat Energy. Thungela Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seplat Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
17.1% of Seplat Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.9% of Thungela Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 35.2% of Seplat Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Thungela Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Seplat Energy received 65 more outperform votes than Thungela Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Thungela Resources an outperform vote while only 66.36% of users gave Seplat Energy an outperform vote.
Thungela Resources has a net margin of 16.85% compared to Thungela Resources' net margin of 7.83%. Seplat Energy's return on equity of 19.58% beat Thungela Resources' return on equity.
Seplat Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Thungela Resources pays an annual dividend of GBX 84 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.2%. Seplat Energy pays out 8,181.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Thungela Resources pays out 5,454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Thungela Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Seplat Energy has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thungela Resources has a beta of -0.79, meaning that its stock price is 179% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Seplat Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Thungela Resources. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Seplat Energy and 0 mentions for Thungela Resources. Seplat Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Thungela Resources' score of 0.63 indicating that Thungela Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Thungela Resources beats Seplat Energy on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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