EGY vs. KOS, SQZ, DEC, PANR, GKP, RKH, PTAL, ENQ, TLW, and GENL
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), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), PetroTal (PTAL), EnQuest (ENQ), Tullow Oil (TLW), and Genel Energy (GENL). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
VAALCO Energy presently has a consensus price target of GBX 625, indicating a potential upside of 123.21%. Given VAALCO Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe VAALCO Energy is more favorable than Kosmos Energy.
VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.43, meaning that its stock price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. 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.
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.
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.
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 1.51 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that VAALCO Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
VAALCO Energy and Kosmos Energy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:EGY) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff