Capricorn Energy (CNE) Competitors

Capricorn Energy (LON:CNE) and i3 Energy (LON:I3E) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Is CNE or I3E more profitable?

i3 Energy has a net margin of 20.93% compared to Capricorn Energy's net margin of -80.63%. i3 Energy's return on equity of 24.30% beat Capricorn Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capricorn Energy	-80.63%	-13.82%	-7.77%
i3 Energy	20.93%	24.30%	9.65%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CNE or I3E?

134.7% of Capricorn Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of i3 Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Capricorn Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of i3 Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CNE or I3E?

Capricorn Energy has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, i3 Energy has a beta of 0.15, indicating that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CNE or I3E?

i3 Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Capricorn Energy. Capricorn Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than i3 Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capricorn Energy	£191M	0.82	-£131.60M	-£1.10	-154.55
i3 Energy	£182.35M	0.72	£38.17M	£0.03	363.33

Do analysts rate CNE or I3E?

Capricorn Energy presently has a consensus target price of GBX 206.67, suggesting a potential upside of 21.57%. Given Capricorn Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Capricorn Energy is more favorable than i3 Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capricorn Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
i3 Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CNE or I3E?

Capricorn Energy received 1102 more outperform votes than i3 Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.90% of users gave i3 Energy an outperform vote while only 67.58% of users gave Capricorn Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capricorn Energy	Outperform Votes 1165 67.58%	Underperform Votes 559 32.42%
i3 Energy	Outperform Votes 63 75.90%	Underperform Votes 20 24.10%

Does the media prefer CNE or I3E?

In the previous week, i3 Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Capricorn Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for i3 Energy and 1 mentions for Capricorn Energy. Capricorn Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat i3 Energy's score of 1.11 indicating that Capricorn Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Capricorn Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
i3 Energy	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

i3 Energy beats Capricorn Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.