BOIL vs. CEG, PXEN, SOUC, PMG, SOU, TRIN, STAR, ANGS, IGAS, and BOR
Should you be buying Baron Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baron Oil include Challenger Energy Group (CEG), Prospex Energy (PXEN), Southern Energy (SOUC), The Parkmead Group (PMG), Sound Energy (SOU), Trinity Exploration & Production (TRIN), Star Energy Group (STAR), Angus Energy (ANGS), IGas Energy (IGAS), and Borders & Southern Petroleum (BOR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Baron Oil (LON:BOIL) and Challenger Energy Group (LON:CEG) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Baron Oil has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Challenger Energy Group has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
0.6% of Baron Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.6% of Challenger Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Baron Oil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.9% of Challenger Energy Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Baron Oil has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Challenger Energy Group's net margin of -62.05%. Challenger Energy Group's return on equity of -2.07% beat Baron Oil's return on equity.
Baron Oil received 122 more outperform votes than Challenger Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.39% of users gave Baron Oil an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Challenger Energy Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Baron Oil had 1 more articles in the media than Challenger Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Baron Oil and 0 mentions for Challenger Energy Group. Baron Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Challenger Energy Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Baron Oil has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Challenger Energy Group.
Summary
Baron Oil and Challenger Energy Group tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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