GENL vs. KOS, RKH, GKP, EGY, PANR, PTAL, ENQ, HUR, I3E, and TLW
Should you be buying Genel Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genel Energy include Kosmos Energy (KOS), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Pantheon Resources (PANR), PetroTal (PTAL), EnQuest (ENQ), Hurricane Energy (HUR), i3 Energy (I3E), and Tullow Oil (TLW). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Genel Energy vs. Its Competitors
Genel Energy (LON:GENL) and Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Genel Energy and Genel Energy both had 1 articles in the media. Genel Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 0.99 indicating that Genel Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Genel Energy. Kosmos 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.
Genel Energy currently has a consensus price target of GBX 80, indicating a potential upside of 12.99%. Given Genel Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Genel Energy is more favorable than Kosmos Energy.
7.1% of Genel Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.4% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 26.4% of Genel Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by 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.
Kosmos Energy has a net margin of 12.22% compared to Genel Energy's net margin of -58.24%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 19.64% beat Genel Energy's return on equity.
Genel Energy has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.43, suggesting that its stock price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Genel Energy beats Kosmos Energy on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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:GENL) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
