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Touchstone Exploration (TXP) Competitors

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GBX 12.50 -0.13 (-0.99%)
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TXP vs. CNE, GENL, GTE, KIST, HUR, I3E, JSE, AET, ZEN, and PHAR

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), Kistos (KIST), Hurricane Energy (HUR), i3 Energy (I3E), Jadestone Energy (JSE), Afentra (AET), Zenith Energy (ZEN), and Pharos Energy (PHAR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Touchstone Exploration vs. Its Competitors

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

Capricorn Energy has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% 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.

Capricorn Energy presently has a consensus price target of GBX 272.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.48%. Touchstone Exploration has a consensus price target of GBX 60, indicating a potential upside of 380.00%. Given Touchstone Exploration's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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 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£257.69M0.79-£112.65M-£100.80-2.28
Touchstone Exploration£53.93M0.68-£10.95M-£2.99-4.18

92.1% of Capricorn Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Capricorn Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Capricorn Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Touchstone Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Capricorn Energy and 0 mentions for Touchstone Exploration. Capricorn Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Touchstone Exploration's score of 0.45 indicating that Capricorn Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Capricorn Energy Positive
Touchstone Exploration Neutral

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%

Summary

Capricorn Energy beats Touchstone Exploration on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TXP vs. The Competition

MetricTouchstone ExplorationOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£36.81M£1.42B£7.53B£2.95B
Dividend YieldN/A8.34%10.93%5.02%
P/E Ratio-4.18210.4454.97144.07
Price / Sales0.6887,318.0719,590.02226,514.81
Price / CashN/A92.2136.1327.97
Price / Book0.601.663.295.29
Net Income-£10.95M£82.50M£4.20B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-39.90%-0.86%1.60%0.74%
1 Month Performance-31.39%3.52%6.01%4.60%
1 Year Performance-58.12%29.60%104.89%80.91%

Touchstone Exploration Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TXP
Touchstone Exploration
1.7532 of 5 stars
GBX 12.50
-1.0%
GBX 60
+380.0%
-58.1%£36.81M£53.93M-4.18N/AHigh Trading Volume
CNE
Capricorn Energy
3.0441 of 5 stars
GBX 224.50
-2.4%
GBX 272.50
+21.4%
+23.0%£198.36M£257.69M-2.23172News Coverage
GENL
Genel Energy
2.1239 of 5 stars
GBX 53
-1.8%
GBX 92
+73.6%
-39.7%£184.06M£45.31M-8.69118News Coverage
GTE
Gran Tierra Energy
N/AGBX 400.40
-4.7%
N/AN/A£182.68M£897.99M3.55340Gap Down
KIST
Kistos
N/AGBX 177.28
-0.4%
GBX 230
+29.7%
+23.1%£174.38M£245.06M-3.2633
HUR
Hurricane Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£155.02M£275.50M194.755,660High Trading Volume
I3E
i3 Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£152.88M£131.15M1,274.0061
JSE
Jadestone Energy
N/AGBX 21.12
-1.8%
N/A-33.9%£143.15M£475.62M-2.68409News Coverage
Positive News
AET
Afentra
2.3928 of 5 stars
GBX 49.50
+1.4%
GBX 77.50
+56.6%
-8.4%£139.81MN/A707.1413Gap Up
High Trading Volume
ZEN
Zenith Energy
N/AGBX 14.53
-1.5%
N/A+805.1%£124.80M£3.16M-2.1038Gap Up
PHAR
Pharos Energy
N/AGBX 21.90
+3.8%
N/A-12.9%£109.25M£196.07M-2.33280News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
Gap Down

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This page (LON:TXP) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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