Touchstone Exploration (TXP) Competitors

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

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

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

Does the media refer more to TXP or CNE?

In the previous week, Touchstone Exploration had 1 more articles in the media than Capricorn Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Touchstone Exploration and 0 mentions for Capricorn Energy. Touchstone Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Capricorn Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Touchstone Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Touchstone Exploration	Positive
Capricorn Energy	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, TXP or CNE?

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

Do analysts rate TXP or CNE?

Touchstone Exploration currently has a consensus price target of GBX 60, indicating a potential upside of 185.71%. Capricorn Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 272.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.48%. Given Touchstone Exploration's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Touchstone Exploration is more favorable than Capricorn Energy.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TXP or CNE?

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

Is TXP or CNE 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
Touchstone Exploration	-20.31%	-19.06%	-5.64%
Capricorn Energy	-43.72%	-14.26%	-4.89%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TXP or CNE?

Touchstone Exploration has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Touchstone Exploration	£53.93M	1.15	-£10.95M	-£2.99	-7.03
Capricorn Energy	£257.69M	0.79	-£112.65M	-£100.80	-2.28

Summary

Capricorn Energy beats Touchstone Exploration on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.