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Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) Competitors

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GBX 180.20 -3.80 (-2.07%)
As of 12:15 PM Eastern

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

Should you be buying Gulf Keystone Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gulf Keystone Petroleum include Seplat Energy (SEPL), Serica Energy (SQZ), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Diversified Energy (DEC), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Pantheon Resources (PANR), PetroTal (PTAL), 88 Energy (88E), EnQuest (ENQ), and VAALCO Energy (EGY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Gulf Keystone Petroleum vs. Its Competitors

Seplat Energy (LON:SEPL) and Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LON:GKP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

2.0% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Seplat Energy has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Gulf Keystone Petroleum's net margin of -7.11%. Seplat Energy's return on equity of 4.57% beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Seplat Energy8.59% 4.57% 5.52%
Gulf Keystone Petroleum -7.11%-1.52%-0.98%

Seplat Energy has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Seplat Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Gulf Keystone Petroleum. Gulf Keystone Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seplat Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Seplat Energy£1.16B1.56£99.56M£11.0322.45
Gulf Keystone Petroleum£134.56M3.64-£9.57M-£2.81-64.11

Seplat Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Seplat Energy pays out 81.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays out -177.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

In the previous week, Seplat Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Gulf Keystone Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Seplat Energy and 1 mentions for Gulf Keystone Petroleum. Gulf Keystone Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Seplat Energy's score of 0.53 indicating that Gulf Keystone Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Seplat Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Seplat Energy presently has a consensus target price of GBX 390.50, indicating a potential upside of 57.78%. Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a consensus target price of GBX 207.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.15%. Given Seplat Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Seplat Energy is more favorable than Gulf Keystone Petroleum.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Seplat Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Seplat Energy beats Gulf Keystone Petroleum on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GKP vs. The Competition

MetricGulf Keystone PetroleumOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£489.89M£1.44B£7.92B£3.19B
Dividend Yield0.05%8.28%10.92%5.04%
P/E Ratio-64.11308.1874.77164.62
Price / Sales3.64112,009.2625,075.91450,848.62
Price / Cash1.8686.6435.3127.93
Price / Book0.791.673.945.91
Net Income-£9.57M£83.35M£4.27B£5.89B
7 Day Performance3.44%1.53%2.93%1.14%
1 Month Performance8.69%1.80%1.10%51.50%
1 Year Performance40.89%9.83%9.18%129.82%

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GKP
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
1.8062 of 5 stars
GBX 180.20
-2.1%
GBX 207.50
+15.1%
+43.9%£489.89M£134.56M-64.11471
SEPL
Seplat Energy
3.6633 of 5 stars
GBX 249.50
-1.8%
GBX 390.50
+56.5%
+41.0%£1.82B£1.16B22.63588
SQZ
Serica Energy
2.1626 of 5 stars
GBX 165.80
-0.2%
GBX 203
+22.4%
+36.1%£817.10M£824.98M-114.271,620
KOS
Kosmos Energy
N/AGBX 126
-0.8%
N/A-64.0%£771.93M£2.32B3.54240Positive News
Gap Up
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 1,117
-0.6%
N/A+28.5%£712.33M£945.01M4.621,603Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
RKH
Rockhopper Exploration
1.0965 of 5 stars
GBX 72
-1.6%
GBX 61.50
-14.6%
+404.7%£576.08MN/A36,577.9311
PANR
Pantheon Resources
1.9266 of 5 stars
GBX 32.05
+1.4%
GBX 74
+130.9%
+74.5%£457.76M£22.26K-29.9015News Coverage
PTAL
PetroTal
N/AGBX 36.04
+0.1%
N/A-12.2%£412.46M£415.33M3.9189High Trading Volume
88E
88 Energy
N/AGBX 1.18
+0.7%
N/AN/A£342.24MN/A0.00N/A
ENQ
EnQuest
3.65 of 5 stars
GBX 12.42
flat
GBX 28
+125.4%
-1.9%£286.77M£1.59B14.17681News Coverage
EGY
VAALCO Energy
1.84 of 5 stars
GBX 264
-5.7%
GBX 607.50
+130.1%
N/A£273.87M£482.36M432.79189Gap Down

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