Touchstone Exploration (TXP) Competitors

Capricorn Energy (LON:CNE) and Touchstone Exploration (LON:TXP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, CNE or TXP?

Capricorn Energy has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CNE or TXP?

Capricorn Energy received 1165 more outperform votes than Touchstone Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.78% of users gave Capricorn Energy an outperform vote while only 39.29% of users gave Touchstone Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capricorn Energy	Outperform Votes 1176 67.78%	Underperform Votes 559 32.22%
Touchstone Exploration	Outperform Votes 11 39.29%	Underperform Votes 17 60.71%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CNE or TXP?

92.1% of Capricorn Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Touchstone Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Capricorn Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Touchstone Exploration shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CNE or TXP?

Capricorn Energy currently has a consensus price target of GBX 272.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.38%. Touchstone Exploration has a consensus price target of GBX 60, suggesting a potential upside of 224.32%. Given Touchstone Exploration's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Touchstone Exploration is more favorable than Capricorn Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capricorn Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Touchstone Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CNE or TXP more profitable?

Touchstone Exploration has a net margin of -20.31% compared to Capricorn Energy's net margin of -43.72%. Capricorn Energy's return on equity of -14.26% beat Touchstone Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capricorn Energy	-43.72%	-14.26%	-4.89%
Touchstone Exploration	-20.31%	-19.06%	-5.64%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CNE or TXP?

Touchstone Exploration has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Capricorn Energy. Touchstone Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capricorn Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capricorn Energy	£257.69M	0.72	-£112.65M	-£100.80	-2.07
Touchstone Exploration	£53.93M	1.01	-£10.95M	-£2.99	-6.19

Does the media prefer CNE or TXP?

In the previous week, Capricorn Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Touchstone Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Capricorn Energy and 1 mentions for Touchstone Exploration. Capricorn Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Touchstone Exploration's score of 0.01 indicating that Capricorn Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Capricorn Energy	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Touchstone Exploration	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Capricorn Energy beats Touchstone Exploration on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.