ZN vs. DWSN, ROCG, LITM, SPI, HUSA, MTR, EPOW, OPTT, WAVE, and HGAS
Should you be buying Zion Oil & Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zion Oil & Gas include Dawson Geophysical (DWSN), Roth CH Acquisition IV (ROCG), Snow Lake Resources (LITM), SPI Energy (SPI), Houston American Energy (HUSA), Mesa Royalty Trust (MTR), Sunrise New Energy (EPOW), Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT), Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (WAVE), and Global Gas (HGAS). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Zion Oil & Gas (NASDAQ:ZN) and Dawson Geophysical (NASDAQ:DWSN) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Zion Oil & Gas has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Dawson Geophysical's net margin of -12.54%. Dawson Geophysical's return on equity of -38.29% beat Zion Oil & Gas' return on equity.
Dawson Geophysical received 19 more outperform votes than Zion Oil & Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.70% of users gave Zion Oil & Gas an outperform vote while only 60.84% of users gave Dawson Geophysical an outperform vote.
5.0% of Zion Oil & Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Dawson Geophysical shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Zion Oil & Gas shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Dawson Geophysical shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Zion Oil & Gas has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dawson Geophysical has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Zion Oil & Gas has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dawson Geophysical.
In the previous week, Dawson Geophysical's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Zion Oil & Gas' score of 0.00 indicating that Dawson Geophysical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Dawson Geophysical beats Zion Oil & Gas on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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