UKOG vs. IOG, UOG, EME, AST, CORO, SYN, WTE, SCIR, CLON, and COPL
Should you be buying UK Oil & Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UK Oil & Gas include IOG (IOG), United Oil & Gas (UOG), Empyrean Energy (EME), Ascent Resources (AST), Coro Energy (CORO), Synergia Energy (SYN), Westmount Energy (WTE), Scirocco Energy (SCIR), Clontarf Energy (CLON), and Canadian Overseas Petroleum (COPL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
UK Oil & Gas vs. Its Competitors
IOG (LON:IOG) and UK Oil & Gas (LON:UKOG) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, UK Oil & Gas had 1 more articles in the media than IOG. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for UK Oil & Gas and 0 mentions for IOG. UK Oil & Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat IOG's score of 0.00 indicating that UK Oil & Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
16.0% of IOG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of UK Oil & Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.7% of IOG shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of UK Oil & Gas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
UK Oil & Gas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IOG. UK Oil & Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IOG, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IOG has a net margin of -37.73% compared to UK Oil & Gas' net margin of -275.84%. UK Oil & Gas' return on equity of -10.42% beat IOG's return on equity.
IOG has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UK Oil & Gas has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
IOG and UK Oil & Gas tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding UKOG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:UKOG) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
