TXP vs. TLW, CNE, GENL, HUR, I3E, GTE, JSE, KIST, AET, and PHAR
Should you be buying Touchstone Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Touchstone Exploration include Tullow Oil (TLW), Capricorn Energy (CNE), Genel Energy (GENL), Hurricane Energy (HUR), i3 Energy (I3E), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Jadestone Energy (JSE), Kistos (KIST), Afentra (AET), and Pharos Energy (PHAR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Touchstone Exploration vs.
Tullow Oil (LON:TLW) and Touchstone Exploration (LON:TXP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Touchstone Exploration had 1 more articles in the media than Tullow Oil. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Touchstone Exploration and 1 mentions for Tullow Oil. Tullow Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Touchstone Exploration's score of 0.18 indicating that Tullow Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tullow Oil has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tullow Oil has a net margin of 1.01% compared to Touchstone Exploration's net margin of -20.31%. Tullow Oil's return on equity of -6.32% beat Touchstone Exploration's return on equity.
Tullow Oil received 1203 more outperform votes than Touchstone Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.77% of users gave Tullow Oil an outperform vote while only 40.74% of users gave Touchstone Exploration an outperform vote.
Tullow Oil has higher revenue and earnings than Touchstone Exploration. Touchstone Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tullow Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
43.5% of Tullow Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 24.6% of Tullow Oil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Touchstone Exploration 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.
Tullow Oil presently has a consensus price target of GBX 25, suggesting a potential upside of 93.80%. Touchstone Exploration has a consensus price target of GBX 60, suggesting a potential upside of 200.00%. Given Touchstone Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Touchstone Exploration is more favorable than Tullow Oil.
Summary
Tullow Oil beats Touchstone Exploration on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:TXP) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
