AET vs. GKP, PTAL, PANR, RKH, 88E, TLW, ENQ, EGY, CNE, and GENL
Should you be buying Afentra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Afentra include Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), PetroTal (PTAL), Pantheon Resources (PANR), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), 88 Energy (88E), Tullow Oil (TLW), EnQuest (ENQ), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Capricorn Energy (CNE), and Genel Energy (GENL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Afentra vs. Its Competitors
Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LON:GKP) and Afentra (LON:AET) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum received 448 more outperform votes than Afentra when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.23% of users gave Afentra an outperform vote while only 65.29% of users gave Gulf Keystone Petroleum an outperform vote.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum currently has a consensus target price of GBX 207.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.67%. Afentra has a consensus target price of GBX 77.50, suggesting a potential upside of 59.79%. Given Afentra's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Afentra is more favorable than Gulf Keystone Petroleum.
Afentra has a net margin of 22.91% compared to Gulf Keystone Petroleum's net margin of -7.11%. Afentra's return on equity of 0.00% beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's return on equity.
In the previous week, Gulf Keystone Petroleum had 1 more articles in the media than Afentra. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Gulf Keystone Petroleum and 1 mentions for Afentra. Afentra's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's score of -0.45 indicating that Afentra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Afentra has a beta of 0.1, suggesting that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Afentra has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gulf Keystone Petroleum. Gulf Keystone Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Afentra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
32.5% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Afentra shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.9% of Afentra shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Afentra beats Gulf Keystone Petroleum on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:AET) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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