SOU vs. IGAS, INDI, SOUC, STAR, SYN, TRIN, ANGS, CEG, BOIL, and PMG
Should you be buying Sound Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sound Energy include IGas Energy (IGAS), Indus Gas (INDI), Southern Energy (SOUC), Star Energy Group (STAR), Synergia Energy (SYN), Trinity Exploration & Production (TRIN), Angus Energy (ANGS), Challenger Energy Group (CEG), Baron Oil (BOIL), and The Parkmead Group (PMG). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
IGas Energy (LON:IGAS) and Sound Energy (LON:SOU) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
Sound Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IGas Energy.
Sound Energy received 139 more outperform votes than IGas Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.08% of users gave Sound Energy an outperform vote while only 72.53% of users gave IGas Energy an outperform vote.
IGas Energy has a beta of -0.04, meaning that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sound Energy has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sound Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Sound Energy's net margin of -19.91%. IGas Energy's return on equity of -4.15% beat Sound Energy's return on equity.
55.7% of IGas Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.9% of Sound Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of IGas Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.5% of Sound Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Sound Energy had 2 more articles in the media than IGas Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sound Energy and 0 mentions for IGas Energy. IGas Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Sound Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Sound Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IGas Energy presently has a consensus target price of GBX 70, indicating a potential upside of 508.70%. Given Sound Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe IGas Energy is more favorable than Sound Energy.
Summary
Sound Energy beats IGas Energy on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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