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VAALCO Energy (EGY) Competitors

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GBX 280 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 04/29/2025

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.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
VAALCO Energy£482.36M0.60£85.04M£0.61459.02
Kosmos Energy£2.32B0.33£283.21M£35.613.45

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.

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%

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
VAALCO Energy Very Positive
Kosmos Energy Neutral

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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EGY vs. The Competition

MetricVAALCO EnergyOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£290.47M£1.25B£7.04B£2.58B
Dividend Yield3.90%8.28%10.94%4.97%
P/E Ratio459.02187.7047.22128.89
Price / Sales0.60104,108.1423,625.75232,177.69
Price / Cash5.7190.9935.4428.10
Price / Book0.591.443.514.56
Net Income£85.04M£81.38M£4.29B£5.84B
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.56%-0.46%2.93%
1 Month Performance-3.45%-8.28%-5.61%10.14%
1 Year Performance-47.91%23.76%164.84%116.77%

VAALCO Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EGY
VAALCO Energy
2.6474 of 5 stars
GBX 280
flat
GBX 625
+123.2%
N/A£290.47M£482.36M459.02189
KOS
Kosmos Energy
N/AGBX 143.31
+7.8%
N/AN/A£877.98M£2.32B4.02240
SQZ
Serica Energy
N/AGBX 127.80
+1.1%
GBX 208.33
+63.0%
-29.9%£629.83M£824.98M-88.081,620
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 916.50
+2.5%
N/A-11.3%£584.47M£945.01M3.791,603Dividend Announcement
PANR
Pantheon Resources
2.6265 of 5 stars
GBX 35.66
+3.8%
GBX 85.50
+139.7%
+2.6%£509.37M£22,261.59-33.2715
GKP
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
2.4011 of 5 stars
GBX 155.40
+2.0%
GBX 207.50
+33.5%
+29.7%£422.47M£134.56M-55.29471
RKH
Rockhopper Exploration
0.5437 of 5 stars
GBX 46.90
+4.2%
GBX 37
-21.1%
+244.2%£375.25MN/A23,826.4611Positive News
PTAL
PetroTal
N/AGBX 31.50
+1.6%
N/A-34.7%£360.51M£415.33M3.4289News Coverage
ENQ
EnQuest
3.6656 of 5 stars
GBX 14.12
+2.9%
GBX 27
+91.3%
-14.1%£325.96M£1.59B16.11681Positive News
TLW
Tullow Oil
3.5378 of 5 stars
GBX 13.34
+3.6%
GBX 25
+87.4%
-65.1%£246.75M£1.97B15.76399
GENL
Genel Energy
2.746 of 5 stars
GBX 54.34
+0.6%
GBX 92
+69.3%
-37.5%£188.70M£45.31M-8.91118

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This page (LON:EGY) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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