Coro Energy (CORO) Competitors

Ascent Resources (LON:AST) and Coro Energy (LON:CORO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has better valuation and earnings, AST or CORO?

Coro Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Ascent Resources.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ascent Resources	£1.94M	2.27	-£41.09M	-£0.22	-8.41
Coro Energy	£2.38M	1.66	-£6.83M	N/A	N/A

Is AST or CORO more profitable?

Ascent Resources' return on equity of 0.00% beat Coro Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ascent Resources	N/A	-214.17%	-122.61%
Coro Energy	N/A	N/A	-6.55%

Do analysts prefer AST or CORO?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ascent Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Coro Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, AST or CORO?

Ascent Resources has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coro Energy has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AST or CORO?

2.8% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.0% of Coro Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.8% of Ascent Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of Coro Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer AST or CORO?

In the previous week, Ascent Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Coro Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ascent Resources and 1 mentions for Coro Energy. Ascent Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Coro Energy's score of 0.34 indicating that Coro Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ascent Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Coro Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AST or CORO?

Ascent Resources received 100 more outperform votes than Coro Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.73% of users gave Ascent Resources an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Coro Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ascent Resources	Outperform Votes 133 60.73%	Underperform Votes 86 39.27%
Coro Energy	Outperform Votes 33 60.00%	Underperform Votes 22 40.00%

Summary

Coro Energy beats Ascent Resources on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.