CNE vs. RKH, GKP, PANR, EGY, PTAL, ENQ, GENL, TLW, HUR, and I3E
Should you be buying Capricorn Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capricorn Energy include Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Pantheon Resources (PANR), VAALCO Energy (EGY), PetroTal (PTAL), EnQuest (ENQ), Genel Energy (GENL), Tullow Oil (TLW), Hurricane Energy (HUR), and i3 Energy (I3E). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Capricorn Energy vs. Its Competitors
Capricorn Energy (LON:CNE) and Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.
82.2% of Capricorn Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 7.7% of Capricorn Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Rockhopper Exploration has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Capricorn Energy. Rockhopper Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capricorn Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capricorn Energy presently has a consensus target price of GBX 369.33, suggesting a potential upside of 93.98%. Rockhopper Exploration has a consensus target price of GBX 90, suggesting a potential upside of 18.11%. Given Capricorn Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Capricorn Energy is more favorable than Rockhopper Exploration.
In the previous week, Capricorn Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Rockhopper Exploration'saverage media sentiment score.
Rockhopper Exploration has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Capricorn Energy's net margin of -43.72%. Rockhopper Exploration's return on equity of 0.01% beat Capricorn Energy's return on equity.
Capricorn Energy has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Capricorn Energy beats Rockhopper Exploration on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (LON:CNE) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
