GKP vs. SEPL, KOS, SQZ, DEC, PANR, RKH, PTAL, EGY, ENQ, and 88E
Should you be buying Gulf Keystone Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gulf Keystone Petroleum include Seplat Energy (SEPL), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Serica Energy (SQZ), Diversified Energy (DEC), Pantheon Resources (PANR), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), PetroTal (PTAL), VAALCO Energy (EGY), EnQuest (ENQ), and 88 Energy (88E). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum vs.
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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
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.
Seplat Energy has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are owned by company 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.
Seplat Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum received 384 more outperform votes than Seplat Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.36% of users gave Seplat Energy an outperform vote while only 65.29% of users gave Gulf Keystone Petroleum an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Seplat Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Gulf Keystone Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Seplat Energy and 2 mentions for Gulf Keystone Petroleum. Seplat Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's score of 0.34 indicating that Seplat Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a consensus target price of GBX 207.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.74%. Given Gulf Keystone Petroleum's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gulf Keystone Petroleum is more favorable than Seplat Energy.
Summary
Seplat Energy beats Gulf Keystone Petroleum on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GKP) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
