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Afentra (AET) Competitors

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GBX 46.70 -0.30 (-0.64%)
As of 07/4/2025

AET vs. GKP, PTAL, RKH, PANR, 88E, ENQ, TLW, EGY, GENL, and CNE

Should you be buying Afentra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Afentra include Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), PetroTal (PTAL), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Pantheon Resources (PANR), 88 Energy (88E), EnQuest (ENQ), Tullow Oil (TLW), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Genel Energy (GENL), and Capricorn Energy (CNE). 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 53.9% of Afentra shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Gulf Keystone Petroleum had 5 more articles in the media than Afentra. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gulf Keystone Petroleum and 0 mentions for Afentra. Gulf Keystone Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Afentra's score of 0.00 indicating that Gulf Keystone Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Positive
Afentra Neutral

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.

Gulf Keystone Petroleum currently has a consensus price target of GBX 207.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.17%. Afentra has a consensus price target of GBX 77.50, indicating a potential upside of 65.95%. 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

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%

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£134.56M3.55-£9.57M-£2.81-62.47
AfentraN/AN/AN/A£0.07667.14

Summary

Afentra beats Gulf Keystone Petroleum on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AET vs. The Competition

MetricAfentraOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£131.90M£1.41B£7.64B£2.96B
Dividend Yield2.73%8.34%10.91%5.02%
P/E Ratio667.14238.8561.18147.85
Price / SalesN/A97,597.7021,883.78258,997.79
Price / Cash2.1192.2136.2427.97
Price / Book1.471.643.345.27
Net IncomeN/A£82.50M£4.21B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-5.08%0.67%1.86%1.04%
1 Month Performance-0.21%4.14%5.87%5.13%
1 Year Performance-16.31%33.42%103.16%80.73%

Afentra Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AET
Afentra
N/AGBX 46.70
-0.6%
GBX 77.50
+66.0%
-13.0%£131.90MN/A667.1413
GKP
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
1.9038 of 5 stars
GBX 179.40
+8.3%
GBX 207.50
+15.7%
+26.0%£487.72M£134.56M-63.82471
PTAL
PetroTal
N/AGBX 36.49
0.0%
N/A-15.7%£417.61M£415.33M3.9689
RKH
Rockhopper Exploration
1.5232 of 5 stars
GBX 48.70
+1.2%
GBX 61.50
+26.3%
+271.9%£389.66MN/A24,740.9111Positive News
PANR
Pantheon Resources
1.9251 of 5 stars
GBX 22.75
-1.9%
GBX 79.50
+249.4%
+7.0%£324.95M£22.26K-21.2315
88E
88 Energy
N/AGBX 1.08
flat
N/AN/A£311.00MN/A0.00N/A
ENQ
EnQuest
3.2857 of 5 stars
GBX 12.76
+0.3%
GBX 27
+111.5%
-7.8%£294.72M£1.59B14.56681
TLW
Tullow Oil
1.8813 of 5 stars
GBX 15.92
+0.4%
GBX 20.50
+28.8%
-51.0%£294.47M£1.97B18.81399
EGY
VAALCO Energy
2.4039 of 5 stars
GBX 275
flat
GBX 625
+127.3%
N/A£285.29M£482.36M450.82189
GENL
Genel Energy
3.1826 of 5 stars
GBX 64.08
+12.0%
GBX 92
+43.6%
-31.0%£222.52M£45.31M-10.50118High Trading Volume
CNE
Capricorn Energy
3.0433 of 5 stars
GBX 225.50
+0.4%
GBX 272.50
+20.8%
+22.0%£199.25M£257.69M-2.24172

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This page (LON:AET) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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