LBE vs. ORCA, EOG, BLOE, BCE, RBD, SYN, SDX, CRCL, STAR, and EME
Should you be buying Longboat Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Longboat Energy include Orcadian Energy (ORCA), Europa Oil & Gas (EOG), Block Energy (BLOE), Beacon Energy (BCE), Reabold Resources (RBD), Synergia Energy (SYN), SDX Energy (SDX), Corcel (CRCL), Star Energy Group (STAR), and Empyrean Energy (EME). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Longboat Energy (LON:LBE) and Orcadian Energy (LON:ORCA) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
Longboat Energy has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orcadian Energy has a beta of -2.28, suggesting that its share price is 328% less volatile than the S&P 500.
57.3% of Longboat Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Orcadian Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 32.9% of Longboat Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 71.1% of Orcadian Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Orcadian Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Longboat Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Orcadian Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Longboat Energy received 4 more outperform votes than Orcadian Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Longboat Energy an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Orcadian Energy an outperform vote.
Orcadian Energy's return on equity of -43.91% beat Longboat Energy's return on equity.
Orcadian Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Longboat Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Longboat Energy beats Orcadian Energy on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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