ZEN vs. AST, CORO, CAD, RBD, BLOE, EME, WCAT, ORCA, TRP, and MEN
Should you be buying Zenith Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zenith Energy include Ascent Resources (AST), Coro Energy (CORO), Cadogan Energy Solutions (CAD), Reabold Resources (RBD), Block Energy (BLOE), Empyrean Energy (EME), Wildcat Petroleum (WCAT), Orcadian Energy (ORCA), Tower Resources (TRP), and Molecular Energies (MEN). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Zenith Energy (LON:ZEN) and Ascent Resources (LON:AST) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Zenith Energy has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ascent Resources has a beta of 0.04, suggesting that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500.
3.6% of Zenith Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.1% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of Zenith Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.3% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Zenith Energy received 3 more outperform votes than Ascent Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.07% of users gave Zenith Energy an outperform vote while only 60.73% of users gave Ascent Resources an outperform vote.
Zenith Energy's return on equity of -23.77% beat Ascent Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Zenith Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Ascent Resources. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Zenith Energy and 1 mentions for Ascent Resources. Ascent Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Zenith Energy's score of 0.07 indicating that Ascent Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Zenith Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Ascent Resources. Zenith Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ascent Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Zenith Energy beats Ascent Resources on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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