SEPL vs. SQZ, ITH, TLW, EGY, DEC, PTAL, SAVE, ENQ, GKP, and PANR
Should you be buying Seplat Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seplat Energy include Serica Energy (SQZ), Ithaca Energy (ITH), Tullow Oil (TLW), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Diversified Energy (DEC), PetroTal (PTAL), Savannah Energy (SAVE), EnQuest (ENQ), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), and Pantheon Resources (PANR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Seplat Energy (LON:SEPL) and Serica Energy (LON:SQZ) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Serica Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Seplat Energy. Serica Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seplat Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Serica Energy has a net margin of 16.28% compared to Seplat Energy's net margin of 2.86%. Serica Energy's return on equity of 19.36% beat Seplat Energy's return on equity.
Seplat Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Serica Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. Seplat Energy pays out 33,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Serica Energy pays out 8,518.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Serica Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Seplat Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Serica Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Seplat Energy and 3 mentions for Serica Energy. Serica Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Seplat Energy's score of 0.35 indicating that Serica Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Seplat Energy has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Serica Energy has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Serica Energy received 226 more outperform votes than Seplat Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.51% of users gave Serica Energy an outperform vote while only 66.36% of users gave Seplat Energy an outperform vote.
17.0% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of Serica Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.2% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 42.1% of Serica Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Serica Energy beats Seplat Energy on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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