C3is (NASDAQ:CISS) & Geopark (NYSE:GPRK) Head-To-Head Analysis

C3is (NASDAQ:CISS) and Geopark (NYSE:GPRK) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

10.5% of C3is shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of Geopark shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Geopark shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

C3is has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Geopark has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for C3is and Geopark, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
C3is	1	0	0	0	1.00
Geopark	0	2	1	0	2.33

Geopark has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.54%. Given Geopark’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Geopark is more favorable than C3is.

Profitability

This table compares C3is and Geopark’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
C3is	41.33%	14.94%	13.24%
Geopark	16.00%	31.33%	7.66%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares C3is and Geopark”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
C3is	$34.76 million	0.05	$10.47 million	$4,138.37	0.00
Geopark	$492.52 million	1.16	$49.67 million	$1.47	7.52

Geopark has higher revenue and earnings than C3is. C3is is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Geopark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Geopark beats C3is on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About C3is

C3is Inc. offers international seaborne transportation services. It provides its services to dry bulk charterers, including national and private industrial users, commodity producers and traders, oil producers, refineries, and commodities traders and producers. The company owns and operates a fleet of two drybulk carriers, which transport major bulks, such as iron ore, coal and grains, as well as minor bulks comprising bauxite, phosphate, and fertilizers, and one Aframax crude oil tanker that transports crude oil. C3is Inc. was founded in 2021 and is based in Athens, Greece.

About Geopark

GeoPark Limited operates as an oil and natural gas exploration and production company primarily in Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, and other Latin American countries. It engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas reserves. The company was formerly known as GeoPark Holdings Limited and changed its name to GeoPark Limited in July 2013. GeoPark Limited was founded in 2002 and is based in Bogotá, Colombia.