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Genel Energy (GENL) Competitors

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GBX 62.50 +0.50 (+0.81%)
As of 08/22/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

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

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), Diversified Energy (DEC), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Pantheon Resources (PANR), PetroTal (PTAL), 88 Energy (88E), VAALCO Energy (EGY), and EnQuest (ENQ). 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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Serica Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Genel Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Serica Energy and 0 mentions for Genel Energy. Genel Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Serica Energy's score of 1.07 indicating that Genel Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Serica Energy Positive
Genel Energy Positive

28.3% of Serica Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of Genel Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 37.7% of Serica Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 68.1% of Genel Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Serica Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. Genel Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 24.0%. Serica Energy pays out -1,585.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Genel Energy pays out -245.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Serica Energy has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genel Energy has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Serica Energy-1.09% -1.09% 12.14%
Genel Energy -58.24%-5.17%-0.66%

Serica Energy presently has a consensus price target of GBX 203, suggesting a potential upside of 16.13%. Genel Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 80, suggesting a potential upside of 28.00%. Given Genel Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Genel Energy is more favorable than Serica Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Serica Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Genel Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Serica Energy£824.98M1.04-£9.03M-£1.45-120.47
Genel Energy£45.31M4.79-£26.39M-£6.10-10.24

Summary

Serica Energy beats Genel Energy on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GENL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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GENL vs. The Competition

MetricGenel EnergyOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£217.04M£1.45B£7.76B£3.22B
Dividend Yield14.38%8.28%10.96%5.04%
P/E Ratio-10.24299.5072.88164.64
Price / Sales4.79110,623.0024,812.28310,107.36
Price / Cash0.9086.6435.8727.93
Price / Book0.441.674.035.90
Net Income-£26.39M£83.35M£4.27B£5.89B
7 Day Performance5.40%1.34%1.55%48.38%
1 Month Performance0.97%1.98%0.69%55.09%
1 Year Performance-25.86%8.75%8.80%135.37%

Genel Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GENL
Genel Energy
3.1431 of 5 stars
GBX 62.50
+0.8%
GBX 80
+28.0%
-22.9%£217.04M£45.31M-10.24118News Coverage
Positive News
SQZ
Serica Energy
2.0727 of 5 stars
GBX 166.40
+0.4%
GBX 203
+22.0%
+38.0%£820.06M£824.98M-114.681,620News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
KOS
Kosmos Energy
N/AGBX 126
-0.4%
N/A-62.7%£771.93M£2.32B3.54240
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 1,133
+1.4%
N/A+30.1%£722.53M£945.01M4.691,603News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
RKH
Rockhopper Exploration
1.171 of 5 stars
GBX 72
flat
GBX 61.50
-14.6%
+423.7%£576.08MN/A36,577.9311Positive News
GKP
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
1.8811 of 5 stars
GBX 174
-0.1%
GBX 207.50
+19.3%
+46.6%£473.04M£134.56M-61.90471News Coverage
PANR
Pantheon Resources
2.6362 of 5 stars
GBX 31.35
-2.2%
GBX 74
+136.0%
+77.0%£447.76M£22.26K-29.2515News Coverage
Positive News
PTAL
PetroTal
N/AGBX 36.23
-0.1%
N/A-11.5%£414.58M£415.33M3.9389News Coverage
88E
88 Energy
N/AGBX 1.18
+0.4%
N/AN/A£341.37MN/A0.00N/A
EGY
VAALCO Energy
2.0804 of 5 stars
GBX 292
+4.3%
GBX 607.50
+108.0%
N/A£302.92M£482.36M478.69189Gap Up
ENQ
EnQuest
3.8182 of 5 stars
GBX 12.62
+1.6%
GBX 28
+121.9%
+0.2%£291.39M£1.59B14.40681News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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This page (LON:GENL) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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