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VAALCO Energy (EGY) Competitors

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GBX 275 -5.00 (-1.79%)
As of 05/20/2025

EGY vs. KOS, SQZ, DEC, PANR, RKH, GKP, PTAL, 88E, ENQ, and TLW

Should you be buying VAALCO Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VAALCO Energy include Kosmos Energy (KOS), Serica Energy (SQZ), Diversified Energy (DEC), Pantheon Resources (PANR), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), PetroTal (PTAL), 88 Energy (88E), EnQuest (ENQ), and Tullow Oil (TLW). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

VAALCO Energy vs.

VAALCO Energy (LON:EGY) and Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Kosmos Energy received 70 more outperform votes than VAALCO Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote while only 74.11% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VAALCO EnergyOutperform Votes
13
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Kosmos EnergyOutperform Votes
83
74.11%
Underperform Votes
29
25.89%

VAALCO Energy has a net margin of 17.82% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 12.22%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 19.64% beat VAALCO Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
VAALCO Energy17.82% 18.19% 12.17%
Kosmos Energy 12.22%19.64%6.82%

56.4% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than VAALCO Energy. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VAALCO Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
VAALCO Energy£482.36M0.59£85.04M£0.61450.82
Kosmos Energy£2.32B0.33£283.21M£35.613.54

VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.43, meaning that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.

VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. VAALCO Energy pays out 3,114.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kosmos Energy pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kosmos Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

VAALCO Energy currently has a consensus price target of GBX 625, indicating a potential upside of 127.27%. Given VAALCO Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe VAALCO Energy is more favorable than Kosmos Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
VAALCO Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Kosmos Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, VAALCO Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for VAALCO Energy and 0 mentions for Kosmos Energy. VAALCO Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that VAALCO Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
VAALCO Energy Positive
Kosmos Energy Neutral

Summary

VAALCO Energy and Kosmos Energy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EGY vs. The Competition

MetricVAALCO EnergyOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£285.29M£1.35B£7.27B£2.66B
Dividend Yield3.90%8.34%11.00%5.05%
P/E Ratio450.82217.1653.76129.21
Price / Sales0.59108,551.5924,457.04221,406.01
Price / Cash5.7191.6135.5028.02
Price / Book0.581.543.543.79
Net Income£85.04M£81.99M£4.30B£5.88B
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.21%-1.03%0.63%
1 Month PerformanceN/A5.34%6.32%22.11%
1 Year PerformanceN/A25.61%177.99%120.87%

VAALCO Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EGY
VAALCO Energy
2.1006 of 5 stars
GBX 275
-1.8%
GBX 625
+127.3%
N/A£285.29M£482.36M450.82189News Coverage
KOS
Kosmos Energy
N/AGBX 149
flat
N/A-74.6%£912.84M£2.32B4.18240Gap Down
SQZ
Serica Energy
2.6613 of 5 stars
GBX 144.41
+3.2%
GBX 208.33
+44.3%
-25.3%£711.69M£824.98M-99.531,620News Coverage
Positive News
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 1,063
+3.1%
N/A-8.1%£677.89M£945.01M4.401,603Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
PANR
Pantheon Resources
2.7422 of 5 stars
GBX 42.60
+7.7%
GBX 85.50
+100.7%
-33.1%£608.45M£22,261.59-39.7415News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
RKH
Rockhopper Exploration
0.9611 of 5 stars
GBX 55
-0.4%
GBX 37
-32.7%
+298.5%£440.06MN/A27,941.4811
GKP
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
2.4856 of 5 stars
GBX 157.20
-0.1%
GBX 207.50
+32.0%
+7.4%£427.37M£134.56M-55.93471
PTAL
PetroTal
N/AGBX 31.95
+0.2%
N/A-31.0%£365.66M£415.33M3.4789
88E
88 Energy
N/AGBX 1.05
-4.5%
N/AN/A£303.77MN/A0.00N/AGap Up
ENQ
EnQuest
3.3394 of 5 stars
GBX 12.24
-1.8%
GBX 27
+120.6%
-21.6%£282.62M£1.59B13.96681Positive News
TLW
Tullow Oil
3.2688 of 5 stars
GBX 15.16
-3.1%
GBX 25
+64.9%
-63.0%£280.42M£1.97B17.91399

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This page (LON:EGY) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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