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Touchstone Exploration (TXP) Competitors

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GBX 18.50 +0.25 (+1.37%)
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TXP vs. CNE, GENL, GTE, HUR, I3E, KIST, JSE, AET, PHAR, and ZPHR

Should you be buying Touchstone Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Touchstone Exploration include Capricorn Energy (CNE), Genel Energy (GENL), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Hurricane Energy (HUR), i3 Energy (I3E), Kistos (KIST), Jadestone Energy (JSE), Afentra (AET), Pharos Energy (PHAR), and Zephyr Energy (ZPHR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Touchstone Exploration vs.

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.

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.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Capricorn EnergyOutperform Votes
1176
67.78%
Underperform Votes
559
32.22%
Touchstone ExplorationOutperform Votes
11
39.29%
Underperform Votes
17
60.71%

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.

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

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%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Capricorn Energy£257.69M0.72-£112.65M-£100.80-2.07
Touchstone Exploration£53.93M1.01-£10.95M-£2.99-6.19

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.

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TXP vs. The Competition

MetricTouchstone ExplorationOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£54.47M£1.35B£7.27B£2.62B
Dividend YieldN/A8.34%11.00%5.05%
P/E Ratio-6.19217.1653.76129.34
Price / Sales1.01108,551.5924,457.04221,585.85
Price / CashN/A91.6135.5028.03
Price / Book0.891.543.543.79
Net Income-£10.95M£81.99M£4.30B£5.88B
7 Day Performance-7.50%0.21%-1.03%0.62%
1 Month Performance-4.86%5.34%6.32%22.12%
1 Year Performance-47.44%25.61%177.99%120.96%

Touchstone Exploration Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TXP
Touchstone Exploration
1.8098 of 5 stars
GBX 18.50
+1.4%
GBX 60
+224.3%
-47.2%£54.47M£53.93M-6.19N/A
CNE
Capricorn Energy
2.9983 of 5 stars
GBX 240
+1.9%
GBX 272.50
+13.5%
+6.3%£212.06M£257.69M-2.38172News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
GENL
Genel Energy
N/AGBX 54
+1.7%
GBX 92
+70.4%
-43.2%£187.52M£45.31M-8.85118
GTE
Gran Tierra Energy
N/AGBX 350
+4.5%
N/AN/A£159.68M£897.99M3.10340
HUR
Hurricane Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£155.02M£275.50M194.755,660News Coverage
High Trading Volume
I3E
i3 Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£152.88M£131.15M1,274.0061
KIST
Kistos
N/AGBX 145.25
-0.5%
GBX 230
+58.3%
+1.4%£142.87M£245.06M-2.6733
JSE
Jadestone Energy
N/AGBX 20
+4.7%
N/A-40.3%£135.56M£475.62M-2.54409
AET
Afentra
2.1274 of 5 stars
GBX 38.50
-2.5%
GBX 77.50
+101.3%
-24.6%£108.74MN/A550.0013News Coverage
Insider Trade
PHAR
Pharos Energy
N/AGBX 19.80
-2.5%
N/A-18.5%£98.77M£196.07M-2.11280Gap Up
ZPHR
Zephyr Energy
1.5678 of 5 stars
GBX 3.96
-0.5%
GBX 13
+228.3%
-19.5%£84.70M£29.45M-19.673Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:TXP) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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