GENL vs. SQZ, KOS, RKH, GKP, PANR, PTAL, EGY, ENQ, HUR, and I3E
Should you be buying Genel Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genel Energy include Serica Energy (SQZ), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Pantheon Resources (PANR), PetroTal (PTAL), VAALCO Energy (EGY), EnQuest (ENQ), Hurricane Energy (HUR), and i3 Energy (I3E). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Genel Energy vs. Its Competitors
Serica Energy (LON:SQZ) and Genel Energy (LON:GENL) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Serica Energy has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genel Energy has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Serica Energy presently has a consensus target price of GBX 203, suggesting a potential upside of 26.72%. Genel Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 80, suggesting a potential upside of 26.18%. Given Serica Energy's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Serica Energy is more favorable than Genel Energy.
Serica Energy has a net margin of -1.09% compared to Genel Energy's net margin of -58.24%. Serica Energy's return on equity of -1.09% beat Genel Energy's return on equity.
Serica Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Genel Energy. Serica Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genel Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Serica Energy had 32 more articles in the media than Genel Energy. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Serica Energy and 1 mentions for Genel Energy. Genel Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Serica Energy's score of 1.14 indicating that Genel Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
35.4% of Serica Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.1% of Genel Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 63.8% of Serica Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of Genel Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Serica Energy beats Genel Energy on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GENL) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff