Seplat Energy (SEPL) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Seplat Energy is Nigeria’s leading indigenous, independent oil and gas producer, producing oil and gas production volumes of 48,152 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in 9M 2023, including 117 MMscfd (20,083 boepd) of processed natural gas for domestic power generation in 9M 2023. Seplat Energy is focused on powering Nigeria's energy transition. Our goal is to help meet the energy needs of Nigeria's rapidly growing population by providing accessible, reliable and sustainable energy, at the same time increasing shareholder value.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 870 to 897
• 50-Day Range: 658 to 899
• 52-Week Range: 238 to 908
• Volume: 4,030 shs
• Average Volume: 1.27 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £5.33 billion
• P/E Ratio: 16.75
• Dividend Yield: 1.71%
• Price Target: GBX 917.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Seplat Energy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Seplat Energy scored higher than 75% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Seplat Energy has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Seplat Energy is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Seplat Energy has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Seplat Energy is 16.70, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.33.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Seplat Energy is 16.70, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 21.01.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Seplat Energy has a PEG Ratio of 0.09. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Seplat Energy has a P/B Ratio of 2.93. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for SEPL.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Seplat Energy pays a meaningful dividend of 1.71%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Seplat Energy does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Seplat Energy is 37.74%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.72

News Sentiment

Seplat Energy has a news sentiment score of 0.72. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Seplat Energy this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £53,220,000 in company stock, which represents 1.0024% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Seplat Energy insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £53,220,000 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

37.98% of the stock of Seplat Energy is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

2.41% of the stock of Seplat Energy is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
• Current Symbol: LON:SEPL
• CIK: N/A
• Web: seplatpetroleum.com
• Phone: +234-1-2770400
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 588
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Seplat Energy: GBX 917.50
• High Price Target: GBX 960
• Low Price Target: GBX 875
• Potential Upside/Downside: +3.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 53
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 16.72
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: 0.09
• Net Income: £99.56 million
• Net Margins: 9.75%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 17.69%
• Return on Assets: 5.52%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 46.97
• Current Ratio: 1.16
• Quick Ratio: 1.40

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £3.31 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.60
• Cash Flow: GBX 544.09 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.63
• Book Value: GBX 302.43 per share
• Price / Book: 2.93

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 599,945,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £5.32 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.11