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Touchstone Exploration (TXP) Competitors

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C$0.24 -0.07 (-21.67%)
As of 02:50 PM Eastern

TXP vs. PNE, KEI, HME, GTE, RBY, PRQ, ALV, AFE, BNE, and JOY

Should you be buying Touchstone Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Touchstone Exploration include Pine Cliff Energy (PNE), Kolibri Global Energy (KEI), Hemisphere Energy (HME), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Rubellite Energy (RBY), Petrus Resources (PRQ), Alvopetro Energy (ALV), Africa Energy (AFE), Bonterra Energy (BNE), and Journey Energy (JOY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Touchstone Exploration vs. Its Competitors

Pine Cliff Energy (TSE:PNE) and Touchstone Exploration (TSE:TXP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Touchstone Exploration has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pine Cliff Energy. Pine Cliff Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Touchstone Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pine Cliff EnergyC$183.28M1.28-C$15.17M-C$0.04-15.69
Touchstone ExplorationC$30.80M1.28-C$6.26M-C$0.05-4.49

In the previous week, Pine Cliff Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Touchstone Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pine Cliff Energy and 2 mentions for Touchstone Exploration. Touchstone Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Pine Cliff Energy's score of 0.89 indicating that Touchstone Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pine Cliff Energy
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Touchstone Exploration
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Pine Cliff Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$0.93, indicating a potential upside of 42.31%. Given Pine Cliff Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Pine Cliff Energy is more favorable than Touchstone Exploration.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pine Cliff Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Touchstone Exploration
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

11.6% of Pine Cliff Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Touchstone Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Pine Cliff Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Touchstone Exploration shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Pine Cliff Energy has a net margin of -8.28% compared to Touchstone Exploration's net margin of -20.31%. Pine Cliff Energy's return on equity of -18.45% beat Touchstone Exploration's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pine Cliff Energy-8.28% -18.45% -1.78%
Touchstone Exploration -20.31%-19.06%-5.64%

Pine Cliff Energy has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Touchstone Exploration has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pine Cliff Energy beats Touchstone Exploration on 11 of the 16 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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TXP vs. The Competition

MetricTouchstone ExplorationOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$39.52MC$1.42BC$7.57BC$6.16B
Dividend Yield0.27%8.34%10.93%6.72%
P/E Ratio-4.49210.4554.8649.60
Price / Sales1.2887,318.0219,555.811,173.94
Price / Cash21.9592.2136.1683.29
Price / Book1.131.663.294.73
Net Income-C$6.26MC$82.50MC$4.19BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-36.49%-1.05%1.45%1.91%
1 Month Performance-36.49%3.30%5.85%5.15%
1 Year Performance-56.48%29.98%105.16%27.13%

Touchstone Exploration Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TXP
Touchstone Exploration
N/AC$0.24
-21.7%
N/A-45.5%C$39.52MC$30.80M-4.4995News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PNE
Pine Cliff Energy
2.7175 of 5 stars
C$0.66
+3.1%
C$0.93
+40.2%
-37.6%C$239.04MC$183.28M-15.9379News Coverage
Gap Up
KEI
Kolibri Global Energy
N/AC$9.13
-1.6%
N/A+93.2%C$227.97MC$80.63M13.36N/ANews Coverage
HME
Hemisphere Energy
N/AC$1.92
+2.1%
N/A+3.4%C$188.20MC$88.42M6.418Gap Up
GTE
Gran Tierra Energy
4.0859 of 5 stars
C$7.07
-5.5%
C$10.50
+48.5%
-50.9%C$181.25MC$525.11M3.38340News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
RBY
Rubellite Energy
1.6106 of 5 stars
C$1.94
-0.5%
C$3.00
+54.6%
-15.9%C$176.76MC$174.92M3.82N/AGap Up
PRQ
Petrus Resources
N/AC$1.40
flat
N/A+4.3%C$176.46MC$85.99M4.1317
ALV
Alvopetro Energy
N/AC$6.55
+0.8%
N/A+33.0%C$165.99MC$32.74M12.1269,100
AFE
Africa Energy
N/AC$0.15
+15.4%
N/A+66.7%C$148.47MN/A-0.694Gap Up
BNE
Bonterra Energy
N/AC$3.66
-1.3%
N/A-31.8%C$138.51MC$263.01M5.0638Positive News
Gap Down
JOY
Journey Energy
N/AC$1.98
-2.9%
N/A-37.9%C$131.52MC$186.77M24.2553Positive News

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