Touchstone Exploration (TXP) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer GKP or TXP?

Gulf Keystone Petroleum presently has a consensus target price of GBX 175, suggesting a potential upside of 37.25%. Touchstone Exploration has a consensus target price of GBX 100, suggesting a potential upside of 209.12%. Given Touchstone Exploration's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Touchstone Exploration is more favorable than Gulf Keystone Petroleum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Touchstone Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GKP or TXP?

Gulf Keystone Petroleum received 447 more outperform votes than Touchstone Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.14% of users gave Gulf Keystone Petroleum an outperform vote while only 41.18% of users gave Touchstone Exploration an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	Outperform Votes 454 65.14%	Underperform Votes 243 34.86%
Touchstone Exploration	Outperform Votes 7 41.18%	Underperform Votes 10 58.82%

Does the media prefer GKP or TXP?

In the previous week, Gulf Keystone Petroleum had 2 more articles in the media than Touchstone Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Gulf Keystone Petroleum and 1 mentions for Touchstone Exploration. Touchstone Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's score of 0.45 indicating that Touchstone Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Touchstone Exploration	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, GKP or TXP?

Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GKP or TXP more profitable?

Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a net margin of -7.11% compared to Touchstone Exploration's net margin of -27.43%. Gulf Keystone Petroleum's return on equity of -1.51% beat Touchstone Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	-7.11%	-1.51%	-0.98%
Touchstone Exploration	-27.43%	-18.11%	-5.64%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GKP or TXP?

32.2% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, GKP or TXP?

Gulf Keystone Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Touchstone Exploration. Gulf Keystone Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Touchstone Exploration, 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
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	£115.14M	2.40	-£8.19M	-£0.03	-4,250.00
Touchstone Exploration	£48.42M	1.58	-£13.28M	-£0.04	-808.75

Summary

Gulf Keystone Petroleum beats Touchstone Exploration on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.