RKH vs. CHAR, ZPHR, TXP, CASP, PHAR, FOG, ENW, AET, AXL, and PRD
Should you be buying Rockhopper Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rockhopper Exploration include Chariot (CHAR), Zephyr Energy (ZPHR), Touchstone Exploration (TXP), Caspian Sunrise (CASP), Pharos Energy (PHAR), Falcon Oil & Gas (FOG), Enwell Energy (ENW), Afentra (AET), Arrow Exploration (AXL), and Predator Oil & Gas (PRD). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) and Chariot (LON:CHAR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chariot has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rockhopper Exploration has higher revenue and earnings than Chariot. Chariot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rockhopper Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Chariot had 20 more articles in the media than Rockhopper Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Chariot and 0 mentions for Rockhopper Exploration. Chariot's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Rockhopper Exploration's score of 0.00 indicating that Chariot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rockhopper Exploration currently has a consensus price target of GBX 37, suggesting a potential upside of 176.12%. Given Rockhopper Exploration's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rockhopper Exploration is more favorable than Chariot.
Rockhopper Exploration received 99 more outperform votes than Chariot when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.11% of users gave Rockhopper Exploration an outperform vote while only 54.77% of users gave Chariot an outperform vote.
9.6% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.4% of Chariot shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.2% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of Chariot shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Rockhopper Exploration has a net margin of 26,113.18% compared to Chariot's net margin of 0.00%. Rockhopper Exploration's return on equity of 18.74% beat Chariot's return on equity.
Summary
Rockhopper Exploration beats Chariot on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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