TXP vs. PRQ, RBY, GTE, ALV, GXE, QEC, AFE, RECO, YGR, and FO
Should you be buying Touchstone Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Touchstone Exploration include Petrus Resources (PRQ), Rubellite Energy (RBY), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Alvopetro Energy (ALV), Gear Energy (GXE), Questerre Energy (QEC), Africa Energy (AFE), Reconnaissance Energy Africa (RECO), Yangarra Resources (YGR), and Falcon Oil & Gas (FO). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Touchstone Exploration vs. Its Competitors
Touchstone Exploration (TSE:TXP) and Petrus Resources (TSE:PRQ) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Petrus Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Touchstone Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Petrus Resources and 0 mentions for Touchstone Exploration. Touchstone Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Petrus Resources'average media sentiment score.
Petrus Resources has a net margin of 50.04% compared to Touchstone Exploration's net margin of -20.31%. Petrus Resources' return on equity of 13.71% beat Touchstone Exploration's return on equity.
Petrus Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Touchstone Exploration. Touchstone Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Petrus Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petrus Resources has a beta of 3.02, suggesting that its stock price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500.
13.1% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Petrus Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Touchstone Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 75.2% of Petrus Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Petrus Resources beats Touchstone Exploration on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE 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 (TSE:TXP) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
