KIST vs. CNE, SAVE, I3E, JSE, AET, PHAR, CHAR, TXP, ZPHR, and RKH
Should you be buying Kistos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kistos include Capricorn Energy (CNE), Savannah Energy (SAVE), i3 Energy (I3E), Jadestone Energy (JSE), Afentra (AET), Pharos Energy (PHAR), Chariot (CHAR), Touchstone Exploration (TXP), Zephyr Energy (ZPHR), and Rockhopper Exploration (RKH). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Kistos (LON:KIST) and Capricorn Energy (LON:CNE) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
Kistos currently has a consensus price target of GBX 465, indicating a potential upside of 196.18%. Capricorn Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 206.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.94%. Given Kistos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kistos is more favorable than Capricorn Energy.
Capricorn Energy received 1151 more outperform votes than Kistos when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Kistos an outperform vote while only 67.58% of users gave Capricorn Energy an outperform vote.
Kistos has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capricorn Energy has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kistos had 2 more articles in the media than Capricorn Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Kistos and 1 mentions for Capricorn Energy. Capricorn Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Kistos' score of -0.28 indicating that Capricorn Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kistos has a net margin of -3.53% compared to Capricorn Energy's net margin of -71.64%. Kistos' return on equity of -10.79% beat Capricorn Energy's return on equity.
36.7% of Kistos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 124.0% of Capricorn Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 31.0% of Kistos shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Capricorn Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kistos has higher revenue and earnings than Capricorn Energy. Kistos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capricorn Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kistos beats Capricorn Energy on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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