Thungela Resources (TGA) Competitors

Thungela Resources (LON:TGA) and Hunting (LON:HTG) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, TGA or HTG?

Thungela Resources has a beta of -0.74, meaning that its stock price is 174% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hunting has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TGA or HTG a better dividend stock?

Thungela Resources pays an annual dividend of GBX 84 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.9%. Hunting pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Thungela Resources pays out 5,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hunting pays out 1,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TGA or HTG?

Thungela Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Hunting. Thungela Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hunting, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Thungela Resources	£30.63B	0.03	£5.16B	£1.60	353.44
Hunting	£929.10M	0.78	£117.10M	£0.56	789.29

Do analysts rate TGA or HTG?

Hunting has a consensus price target of GBX 407, suggesting a potential downside of 7.92%. Given Hunting's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hunting is more favorable than Thungela Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Thungela Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Hunting	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor TGA or HTG?

In the previous week, Hunting had 9 more articles in the media than Thungela Resources. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hunting and 0 mentions for Thungela Resources. Hunting's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Thungela Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Hunting is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Thungela Resources	Neutral
Hunting	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TGA or HTG?

Hunting received 431 more outperform votes than Thungela Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Thungela Resources an outperform vote while only 59.65% of users gave Hunting an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Thungela Resources	Outperform Votes 8 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Hunting	Outperform Votes 439 59.65%	Underperform Votes 297 40.35%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TGA or HTG?

45.6% of Thungela Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.2% of Hunting shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Thungela Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of Hunting shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is TGA or HTG more profitable?

Thungela Resources has a net margin of 16.85% compared to Hunting's net margin of 12.60%. Thungela Resources' return on equity of 19.58% beat Hunting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Thungela Resources	16.85%	19.58%	9.53%
Hunting	12.60%	13.20%	3.30%

Summary

Hunting beats Thungela Resources on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.