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Afentra (AET) Competitors

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GBX 41.30 -1.20 (-2.82%)
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AET vs. GKP, PTAL, 88E, TLW, ENQ, EGY, CNE, GENL, GTE, and HUR

Should you be buying Afentra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Afentra include Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), PetroTal (PTAL), 88 Energy (88E), Tullow Oil (TLW), EnQuest (ENQ), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Capricorn Energy (CNE), Genel Energy (GENL), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), and Hurricane Energy (HUR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Afentra vs.

Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LON:GKP) and Afentra (LON:AET) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gulf Keystone Petroleum-7.11% -1.52% -0.98%
Afentra 22.91%N/A 12.11%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Gulf Keystone PetroleumOutperform Votes
457
65.29%
Underperform Votes
243
34.71%
AfentraOutperform Votes
9
69.23%
Underperform Votes
4
30.77%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gulf Keystone Petroleum£134.56M3.02-£9.57M-£2.81-53.22
AfentraN/AN/AN/A£0.07590.00

Gulf Keystone Petroleum currently has a consensus price target of GBX 207.50, suggesting a potential upside of 38.70%. Afentra has a consensus price target of GBX 77.50, suggesting a potential upside of 87.65%. Given Afentra's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Afentra is more favorable than Gulf Keystone Petroleum.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Afentra
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Afentra had 17 more articles in the media than Gulf Keystone Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Afentra and 2 mentions for Gulf Keystone Petroleum. Afentra's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's score of 0.34 indicating that Afentra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Afentra
2 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Afentra has a beta of 0.1, suggesting that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Afentra beats Gulf Keystone Petroleum on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AET vs. The Competition

MetricAfentraOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£116.65M£1.35B£7.28B£2.65B
Dividend Yield2.73%8.34%10.96%5.05%
P/E Ratio590.00220.8354.47134.23
Price / SalesN/A104,861.2523,623.72226,037.97
Price / Cash2.1191.6135.5028.02
Price / Book1.301.543.533.78
Net IncomeN/A£81.99M£4.30B£5.88B
7 Day Performance8.97%0.79%-0.78%0.36%
1 Month Performance3.77%5.80%6.58%21.79%
1 Year Performance-24.36%24.98%178.62%120.75%

Afentra Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AET
Afentra
2.1135 of 5 stars
GBX 41.30
-2.8%
GBX 77.50
+87.7%
-24.6%£116.65MN/A590.0013News Coverage
Insider Trade
Gap Down
GKP
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
2.4795 of 5 stars
GBX 157.40
-0.1%
GBX 207.50
+31.8%
+7.4%£427.91M£134.56M-56.00471
PTAL
PetroTal
N/AGBX 31.90
-2.1%
N/A-31.0%£365.08M£415.33M3.4689
88E
88 Energy
N/AGBX 1.06
+1,734.5%
N/AN/A£307.82MN/A0.00N/A
TLW
Tullow Oil
3.2225 of 5 stars
GBX 15.64
+14.3%
GBX 25
+59.8%
-63.0%£289.29M£1.97B18.48399
ENQ
EnQuest
3.3341 of 5 stars
GBX 12.46
+5.1%
GBX 27
+116.7%
-21.6%£287.70M£1.59B14.22681
EGY
VAALCO Energy
2.2587 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 625
+∞
N/A£285.29M£482.36M450.82189
CNE
Capricorn Energy
3.0062 of 5 stars
GBX 240
+1.9%
GBX 272.50
+13.5%
+6.3%£212.06M£257.69M-2.38172News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
GENL
Genel Energy
N/AGBX 54
+1.7%
GBX 92
+70.4%
-43.2%£187.52M£45.31M-8.85118
GTE
Gran Tierra Energy
N/AGBX 350
+4.5%
N/AN/A£159.68M£897.99M3.10340
HUR
Hurricane Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£155.02M£275.50M194.755,660News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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