STAR vs. SOUC, IGAS, SOU, INDI, ANGS, CEG, SYN, TRIN, BOIL, and PMG
Should you be buying Star Energy Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Energy Group include Southern Energy (SOUC), IGas Energy (IGAS), Sound Energy (SOU), Indus Gas (INDI), Angus Energy (ANGS), Challenger Energy Group (CEG), Synergia Energy (SYN), Trinity Exploration & Production (TRIN), Baron Oil (BOIL), and The Parkmead Group (PMG). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Southern Energy (LON:SOUC) and Star Energy Group (LON:STAR) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Southern Energy has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star Energy Group has a beta of -0.13, suggesting that its stock price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Star Energy Group received 339 more outperform votes than Southern Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Southern Energy an outperform vote while only 73.92% of users gave Star Energy Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Southern Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Star Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Southern Energy and 6 mentions for Star Energy Group. Southern Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Star Energy Group's score of 0.27 indicating that Star Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
6.7% of Southern Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of Star Energy Group shares are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of Southern Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Star Energy Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Southern Energy presently has a consensus target price of GBX 20, indicating a potential upside of 110.53%. Star Energy Group has a consensus target price of GBX 66, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Given Southern Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Star Energy Group is more favorable than Southern Energy.
Southern Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Star Energy Group. Southern Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star Energy Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Southern Energy has a net margin of -27.38% compared to Southern Energy's net margin of -58.41%. Star Energy Group's return on equity of -8.76% beat Southern Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Southern Energy beats Star Energy Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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