WCAT vs. AST, ZEN, CORO, CAD, CRCL, SENX, PET, TRP, SDX, and CLON
Should you be buying Wildcat Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wildcat Petroleum include Ascent Resources (AST), Zenith Energy (ZEN), Coro Energy (CORO), Cadogan Energy Solutions (CAD), Corcel (CRCL), Serinus Energy (SENX), Petrel Resources (PET), Tower Resources (TRP), SDX Energy (SDX), and Clontarf Energy (CLON). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Ascent Resources (LON:AST) and Wildcat Petroleum (LON:WCAT) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
Ascent Resources' return on equity of 4.99% beat Wildcat Petroleum's return on equity.
Ascent Resources has a beta of -0.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wildcat Petroleum has a beta of -0.17, suggesting that its share price is 117% less volatile than the S&P 500.
3.1% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.3% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 63.6% of Wildcat Petroleum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Ascent Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Wildcat Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ascent Resources and 0 mentions for Wildcat Petroleum. Wildcat Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Ascent Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Ascent Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wildcat Petroleum has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ascent Resources.
Ascent Resources received 133 more outperform votes than Wildcat Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Ascent Resources beats Wildcat Petroleum on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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